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Pro and Anti-Assad Clashes Rage in Tripoli
Deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Assad fighters have killed at least 24 people in the Northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Reports say fightings escalated between between pro- and anti-Assad fighters overnight ...
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Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark ...
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Nasrallah Warns of Lebanon Instability From ‘Foreign Extremists’
The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah movement warned of instability in the country if "foreign extremist" groups control areas in Syria along its border. "We consider the control of these groups in Syria a major threat to Lebanon and the ...
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Excerpts Hariri re Hizbullah fighting in Syria.Preventing weapons fromSyria reaching Hizbollah.Israel re weapon to Hizbullah via Syria.Qatar-funded Al Jazeera U.S. launch.Syrian May 20 2013
Excerpts: Hariri re Hizbullah fighting in Syria.Preventing weapons from Syria reaching Hizbollah.Israel re weapon to Hizbullah via Syria. Qatar-funded Al Jazeera U.S. launch.Syrian May 20, ...
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Hezbollah Chief Orders Fight to Save Syrias Assad
BEIRUT, Lebanon ...
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Hezbollah leader vows to help Assad
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has warned that the fall of Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period".He vowed his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally in Damascus is under attack.In a televised address, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria ...
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Hezbollah promises Syria victory
The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has promised his supporters victory in Syria, where his fighters are backing President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Nasrallah said Hezbollah would stay in the conflict till the end. Syrian rebels in the besieged town of Qusair say they are under heavy bombardment from Hezbollah combatants. The town is close to the Lebanese ...
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Syrian Army and Hezbollah Step Up Raids on Rebels
Hezbollah intensified their assault on Syrian rebels in the town of Qusayr on Saturday, unleashing the heaviest shelling since the battle began a week ago, Syrian antigovernment activists ...
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We wont stand by Hezbollah
THE leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shi'ite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon. Nasrallah's comments on Saturday marked the first time he has publicly confirmed his men are fighting in Syria. They are also ...
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Hezbollah admits it has joined fight in Syria
By Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon. Nasrallah's comments Saturday marked the first time he has publicly confirmed his men were ...
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Attacks on rebel Syrian city hiked ahead of speech by Hezbollah leader
Syria launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire in a week in Qusair Saturday in an attempt to retake the town from rebels, anti-government activists said. The town, near the Lebanese border, is strategically important to rebel fighters as a conduit for supplies coming in from Lebanon, Voice of America reported. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian troops ...
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Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ...
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At least 28 dead 250 wounded in Sunni-Alawite clashes in Tripoli
Violence At least 28 people were killed and 250 wounded in weeklong clashes between Sunni and Alawite Muslims in Tripoli, Lebanon, according to security officials. The violence is another sign of the Syrian conflict spilling over to Lebanon. Last night, four Sunnis and one Alawite died in clashes, the Daily Star reported. The casualties raised this week's death toll to 28.Fierce fighting ...
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Why Washington and Tel Aviv Want Hezbollah to Keep Fighting in al-Qusayr
Why Washington and Tel Aviv Want Hezbollah to Keep Fighting in al-Qusayr Franklin Lamb Homs Province, Syria During a tour of some of the neighborhoods in Homs, Syria's third largest city after Aleppo and Damascus, with a pre-conflict population of approximately 800,000 (nearly half Homs residents have fled over the past two years) located maybe about 22 miles NE of the current ...
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Sunni unity essential for Lebanon Saudi mission
Ali Assiri hosted for dinner caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, former prime ministers Omar Karami, Salim Hoss and Fouad Siniora along with caretaker Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami."Their excellencies were just as always advocates of moderation, openness, dialogue and principles on which Lebanon is based," said the statement."At ...
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Syrian-linked death toll grows in Lebanons Tripoli
security sources said. Residents heard sounds of rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire throughout the night and into Saturday morning in one of the most violent bouts of fighting so far in the city. Two people were killed on Saturday, according to medical sources. Security sources said 25 had died in the clashes in the past week. The coastal city's Sunni Muslim majority supports ...
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Five princesses compose Lebanon Strawberry Court
LEBANON -- Five Lebanon High School seniors make up the 2013 Lebanon Strawberry Festival Court.A queen will be chosen from among the princesses at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the Lebanon High School auditorium. Admission is $3.This year's festival theme is Strawberries of the Round Table.The princesses: Brittany Port, 18, is the daughter of Diane Jones and Josh Port. Her siblings are ...
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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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Hezbollah Syria government forces push for advance in Qusair
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict ...
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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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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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