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Pro and anti-Syrian regime clash again in Tripoli leaves three dead overnight
Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli during firefights between the neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbeneh, state media reported ...
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A ‘widow suicide bomber’ attacks Russia police
A suicide bomber has blown herself up in the capital of the troubled southern republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala, officials say. At least 11 people, including five policemen, were wounded in the ...
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Hezbollah chief to appear Saturday on TV
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will make another TV appearance via video link. He will deliver a speech on Saturday at 5: 30 pm on the occasion of the Resistance and Liberation day and is expected to talk about the latest development in Lebanon and the region, Al Manar TV reported on ...
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Iran denies having forces in Syria to support Assad
Iran, the strongest supporter of the Syrian regime, denied on Friday that it had forces in war-torn Syria supporting embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Iran’s statement came a day after nations ...
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Assad Hezbollah forces battle rebels in Qusayr
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage yet in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists ...
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Charbel defends Rifi’s role in Tripoli North Lebanon
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel defended former Internal Security Forces chief General Ashraf Rifi's role in Tripoli and said that Rifi is working to calm down the situation in the ...
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Assault on Qusair Intensifies Ahead of Hezbollah Speech
Syrian anti-government activists say Syrian troops have launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire yet in a week-long battle to re-take the strategic town of Qusair from rebel ...
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Dispute in Mina turns violent one killed
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: One man was killed and several others were wounded Saturday in Mina, north Lebanon, after a dispute between members of two families turned into a gunfight, security sources said.The sources said a member from the Masri family, Walid Masri, was shot and killed when a dispute with members of the Halawani family over a road accident in Tripoli's Mina turned violent. ...
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North Lebanon violence lingers four killed
Hassan al-Banni - all hailed from Bab al-Tabbaneh, security sources said, adding that a resident from Jabal Mohsen, Nader Sleiman, was also killed in the day's fighting. At least seven people, including two soldiers, were also wounded.The four deaths, the result of sniper fire, came after a tenuous calm had set in the morning hours of the day following a night of clashes that saw renewed ...
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Radisson Blu Martinez Beirut receives 5-star hotel rating
Radisson Blu Martinez Hotel Beirut received recently its fifth star following an inspection by the Ministry of Tourism, one of the governing boards for hotel ...
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Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...
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Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
BEIRUT -; Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western ...
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Hezbollah EU making big mistake
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Kassem speaks during an interview in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, June 28, 2010. (AP ...
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Cautious calm prevails in Lebanese city
Lebanese army's soldiers sit on armored personal carriers (APC) mounted with anti-aircraft heavy machine gun on May 24, 2013 in a street of Jabal Mohsen in the northern Lebanese city of ...
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Brawl over arming Syria rebels deeply divides EU
BRUSSELS, Belgium – A fierce row over whether to arm Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s forces has left the European Union deeply divided days before the bloc needs to decide on renewing existing ...
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Jumblatt for extending parliament term due to Tripoli unrest
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Friday following a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri that the current security situation in Lebanon is a major hurdle against staging the parliamentary ...
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Three Israeli military aircraft violate Lebanese airspace and UN resolution
UN Security Council resolution . Two Israeli fighter jets crossed into Lebanon's airspace over the southern border village of Kfar Kila, located 96 kilometers (59 miles) south of Beirut, at 9:45 a.m. local time (0645 GMT) on Friday, according to a statement issued by the Lebanese military. The warplanes flew over several areas in Lebanon before leaving the country's airspace at 12:15 ...
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Assad’s Not-So-Secret Weapon Loyal Syrian Businessmen
When Syrian businessman Mohammed Jaber held a dinner at a luxury hotel here for his associates recently, there was little doubt where they stood on the country’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad. ';Bashar, we are your soldiers in the millions, no matter ...
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Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ...
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Lebanon Hezbollah shouldnt spark sectarian conflict
Daily Star reported him saying in reference to Hezbollah fighting in neighboring Syria. "How can a nation [like Lebanon] provide such a wonderful example of resistance and sacrifice, while at the same time promoting sectarian differences?" Suleiman was quoted as ...
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Lebanese singer Razan introduces dubstep to the Arab World with new video
Who would have thought that scandalous Razan would be the one introducing dubstep to the Arab world? The Lebanese bombshell Razan Moghrabi had been trying to lay low ...
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Lebanon Country Music Festival brings a new fundraiser to downtown
The Lebanon Rotary Club, Historic Downtown Lebanon Inc. and the Lebanon Eagles have teamed up to bring the first-ever Lebanon Country Music Festival, "Stompin' in the Streets" to downtown Lebanon on Saturday, June 8.The western-themed event will allow the community-driven, non-profit organizations, Rotary and HDLI, to further their fundraising efforts, according to Scott Brunka, ...
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Fierce fighting between Alawites and Sunnis in Tripoli Lebanon brings Syrian war home
Syria Street - an aptly named thoroughfare that divides Tripoli's two warring neighbourhoods of Bab el-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen - whence came a single sniper's round."It hit me in the buttock and the side but I kept driving to safety, 200 metres and the pain was terrible, but I made it to a shop doorway where I collapsed." The bullet came from Jabal Mohsen, the Alawite ...
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Lebanon woman recovering from dog attack
LEBANON, TN (WSMV) - A Lebanon woman is recovering from injuries she suffered after being attacked by a neighbor's dog.Police say Laura Counts was walking her dog Wednesday on Washington Drive when a Great Pyrenees got loose from a child and went for Counts' smaller dog.When Counts tried to intervene, she was attacked and bitten repeatedly."A lot of times we hear, 'Hey, in ...
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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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