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Ex-Syria opposition chief proposes Assad “safe exit”
Syria’s outgoing opposition chief published an initiative for his war-torn country on Thursday that would grant President Bashar al-Assad a safe exit, and urged dissident factions to adopt his ...
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France frustrated over Syria joins push to label Hezbollah a terrorist group
PARIS - France has joined the push for the European Union to declare the militant group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, switching tack amid frustration with Hezbollah's support for Syria's military. France's move could prove pivotal, after Germany joined a British effort to name Hezbollah terrorists this week. The U.S. has long pressured Europe add Hezbollah to its terrorist ...
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UNHCR Syrian refugees at model school in Lebanon
ARSAL, Lebanon, May 23 (UNHCR) - It’s test day at the Arsal Public Second Shift Middle School and the students in the 8th Grade maths class are engrossed in their exam. They factor numbers, write a series of equations in the form of a single power - all in French, a language they have come to learn only since starting school here in north-east Lebanon two months ...
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1.2 million Syrian Refugees in Lebanon ISF
During a meeting on Thursday with the mayors in Akkar region, acting Director-General of the Internal Security Forces,GeneralRoger Salem, said that Lebanon is facing difficulties in dealing with the influx of refugees from Syria and is being left alone to deal with the burden. He revealed that currently there is more than a million and two hundred thousand displaced Syrians and more than 60 , ...
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Syria tension destabilizing Lebanon
Syrian army soldiers take control of the village of Western Dumayna north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr on Monday, May 13. Syrian troops captured three villages in Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military officer told AFP. Tensions in Syria first flared in March 2011 during the onset of the Arab Spring, eventually escalating into a civil war ...
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France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June
Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ...
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Over 7 killed 40 injured in Tripoli clashes
At least seven people were killed and 40 others injured in overnight clashes in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, bringing the total casualties of the four-day clashes to 18 killed and 150 injured, local security official told Xinhua ...
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Lebanese union accuses finance ministry of intentional errors
The work of the Ministry of Finance is being obstructed at every corner by bureaucracy and an IT system that presents more problems than solutions. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) The Union Coordination Committee Wednesday accused the Finance Ministry of intentionally submitting salary scale bills with errors in them in a bid to delay the ratification of a wage hike in Parliament."On three different ...
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Hezbollah suffers heavy losses in Syrian conflict 104 killed according to watchdog
Members and supporters of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement carry the coffin of their comrade Saleh Ahmad Sabbagh during his funeral in the southern port city of Sidon on May 22 (Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP) 104 Hezbollah militants have died in the past few months, while fighting ...
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British Airways celebrates its return to Lebanon
British Airways celebrated its successful six month return to Lebanon with its partners and customers at a ceremony held at the British Ambassador's residence in ...
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Hezbollah’s death toll in Syria 75 fighters report
BAALBEK, Lebanon: Seventy-five fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country's war months ago, a source close to the Shiite militant group said on ...
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Syria-linked clashes kill six in Lebanese city
View Photo AFP - Sunni gunmen -- who support the Syrian opposition -- patrol the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on May 23, 2013. Overnight clashes have killed six people in the Lebanese port of Tripoli, as a ...
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Syria refugee influx taxes Lebanese economy and nerves
View Photo AFP/Joseph Eid - Syrian refugees children queue at the entrance of the UNHCR offices in the coastal city of Tripoli, on May 21, 2013. As the conflict in neighbouring Syria stretches into its third year, ...
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Salam updates Suleiman over Cabinet formation process
Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam held a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Presidential Palace to update him on the Cabinet formation process, according to ...
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Five killed in Lebanon’s Tripoli
A Lebanese Sunni gunman holding a rifle, takes a position in Al-Koubbeh, in Tripoli. Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ...
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Lebanon auto inspection workers hold ‘warning’ strike
Lebanon went on strike Thursday after the Saudi company that hired them said its contract with the state ends this June. "We would like to inform you [Lebanese government] that the current contract with you ends on June 30, 2013," said a statement by the Saudi company FAL.Worried about losing their jobs, the workers held a one-day "warning" strike and gave the government ...
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5 killed 50 wounded in Tripoli north Lebanon
Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria’s civil ...
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France seeks to brand Hezbollah a ‘terrorist’ group
France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ...
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5 dead in Lebanon clash of Assad foes backers
Tripoli has been a frequent scene of clashes between opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad who live in adjacent ...
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Support Grows in Europe for Listing Hezbollah as Terror Group
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah meets with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in this 2005 photo. (Photo: Supreme Leader website) (CNSNews.com) - Reversing long-held positions, the governments of Germany and France have both signaled their support for the European Union to designate Hezbollah - or at least its purported "military wing" - as a terrorist organization. The ...
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Syria crisis Friends of Syria call on Iran and Hezbollah to withdraw
o Iran and Hezbollah urged to pull out of fight for Qusairo US backs UK's bid to amend EU arms embargooSyria negotiates with Russia over attendance at talks o Opposition gathers in Turkey to decide on ...
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Huge explosion rocked the center of Damascus Al Jazeera
The opposition Local Coordination Committees said Thursday that a huge explosion rocked the center of Damascus , Al Jazeera reported on Thursday . The explosion reportedly took place in the Industrial area of damascus and the al Maidan ...
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Jordan stopped receiving Syrian Refugees at Border
GENEVA- U.N. officials said Tuesday there has been a sudden fall in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan, amid reports that Jordan’s government has clamped down on the relentless influx of people escaping Syria’s civil war. Panos Moumtzis, the top U.N. refugee official for Syria, said the usual flow of up to about 3,000 refugees daily had ';dropped to almost ...
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Syria opposition welcomes support for Assad ouster
BEIRUT -; A spokesman says Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the country's civil ...
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At least 11 dead as clashes rage in Lebanons Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - At least 11 people have died and more than 100 been wounded in three days of Syria-related clashes in Lebanon's flashpoint city of Tripoli, a security source said on Wednesday.Fighting between Sunni and Alawite residents of the city was continuing for a fourth day on Wednesday but clashes had become more sporadic, the source told AFP.An AFP correspondent said large ...
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Lebanon on the up despite uncertainty over future conflicts
Lebanon has seen strong economic growth since the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon and the tourism sector, along with construction is experiencing strong signs of confidence from investors. If all goes well, the country may be able to shake off perceptions in the international community of a war-torn and politically unstable country.
The war in 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel had a severe impact on Lebanon. Tourism in 2006 plummeted as international holidaymakers shied away from a country seen as unstable, plagued by an internal lack of security and on the verge of another war, as Israel warned of future military action if the government did not do more to disarm Hezbollah. While some progress has been made in this regard, the greater achievement is the country’s resurgence in the areas of investment, construction and tourism even as the global economy quivers at the edge of a possible second downturn in Europe. Read more
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