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Syrian fighting near Lebanese border kills more than 70 28 Hezbollah
In this Saturday, May 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria. The town of Qusair has been besieged for weeks by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by the Lebanese militant ...
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Tensions over Syria trigger clashes in Tripoli
Lebanese soldiers have been patrolling an area of Tripoli after the deaths of at least three people in more clashes between Alawite and Sunni communities in the city. The fighting over two days has also left forty or so wounded. The violence appears to have been triggered by the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Syria, in particular the current Syrian army assault on the rebel-led town of ...
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Syrian troops Hezbollah push deeper into strategic town
In this May 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens — which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting — shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair town in Syria. (Via ...
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Will Hezbollah tip Syrias civil war to Assad
Reuters that they have repelled the government forces, killing about 30 Hezbollah fighters and 20 government troops. The combined Assad-Hezbollah forces "made incursions into Qusair but they are now basically back to where they ...
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Democrats Hold Lebanon Hanover House Seats
Lebanon -- Democrats continued to hold onto their seats in the Lebanon-Hanover area, as they also sought to chip away at some GOP seats in the Haverhill ...
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First Beirut-Yerevan flight sheduled for July 5
PanARMENIAN.Net - Lebanese airlines will resume direct flights between Beirut and Yerevan with the first one scheduled got July 5, the editor-in-chief of Aztag Beirut-based daily said. As Shahan Kandaharian ...
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3 killed in fighting over Syria in north lebanon
Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, as sectarian violence spilled over from the civil war in ...
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Lebanon school board gets budget
LEBANON -- If extra money becomes available for the next biennium, the first priority is eliminating the six furlough days recommended to ...
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Lebanese soldier killed in renewed n. Lebanon violence
Tripoli between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, security sources said."As the Army was entering a hot spot between Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh, intensive fire led to the killing of one Lebanese soldier and the wounding of four others," one security sources said on condition of anonymity. The sources said the incident took place at 4.45 ...
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Hezbollah plays its hand in battle for Syria
Qasr, Lebanon - Abu Ali Haq is a fighter on a crucial battle line in Syria's ruinous civil war, and he's locked in to what he sees as an existential struggle for his village and his kin living here. Except, Abu Ali Haq is not Syrian and neither are his fellow villagers. They are Lebanese. With a scarred nose smashed flat, dressed in battle fatigues and chain-smoking cigarettes, Ali ...
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Boecker shares its vision with local municipal authorities
In its second annual conference, Boecker, the leading company in pest management, food safety and biosecurity, invited mayors alongside health and environment committees' members from all Lebanese regions, to share its vision with them regarding healthy solutions for a sound ...
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National Security Brief Hezbollah Joins Syrian Military In New Offensive Against Rebels
reports that Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has joined a Syrian military offensive in an attempt to capture a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border. ';Taking the town of Qusayr, southwest of the city of Homs,'; the Journal notes, ';would bolster recent gains by regime forces in central Syria and around the capital, Damascus'; and could also ...
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Israel backs Kerry peace moves report
Israel’s center-right government will support US efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians, despite hardline positions held by ministers and coalition parties, a prominent MP said on ...
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Syria Without water Revolution
By Thomas L. Friedman , The New York Times TEL ABYAD, Syria -- I just spent a day in this northeast Syrian town. It was terrifying -- much more so than I anticipated -- but not because we were threatened in any way by the Free Syrian Army soldiers who took us around or by the Islamist Jabhet al-Nusra fighters who stayed hidden in the shadows. It was the local school that shook me up. As we ...
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Battle in Syria Pulls Hezbollah Further Into Assads War
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Hezbollah Suffers Losses in Fierce Battle for Syrian City
BEIRUT, Lebanon ...
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Red Cross volunteers and Lilly join forces to help diabetes patients better manage their disease
The Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and Lilly, a global leader in the fight against diabetes come together to support diabetes education in order to increase disease awareness and help improve disease management among patients in the ...
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Alfa launches commercial LTE in Beirut
LTE base stations by the end of 2013 will cover roughly 40% of the population, representing approximately 25% of a 1,200 base station network necessary for nationwide coverage. ...
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Activists Say 23 Hezbollah Militants Killed in Syria Fighting
Citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 18, ...
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town
AMMAN - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.Opposition sources and state media gave sharply differing accounts of the outcome of Sunday's ferocious battles in the town, long used by rebels as a supply ...
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Up to 30 Hizbullah fighters killed in Syria
About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hizbullah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to president Bashar al-Assad have been killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said ...
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Top Saudi Clerics Warn Against Twitter Use
Use Twitter and your soul is damned, according to Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, the senior religious authority in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi who uses the popular microblogging service ';has lost this world and his afterlife,'; the prominent cleric ...
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Fierce Fighting Reveals Deeper Hezbollah Involvement in Syrian Civil War
An image released by AP and provided by local residents purports to show the damage sustained in Qusair during a heavy weekend offensive by Syrian and Hezbollah forces. (AP Photo/Qusair Lens) (CNSNews.com) - After months of half-denials and doublespeak, Hezbollah appears now to be openly intervening in Syria's civil war, fighting alongside regime forces amid new signals of defiance from ...
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IIA Lebanon Morgan International organize The Challenges Facing the Internal Audit Profession conference
The Institute of Internal Auditors in Lebanon (IIA Lebanon) and Morgan International are pleased to announce the success of their jointly organized conference, under the theme: "The Challenges Facing the Internal Audit ...
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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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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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