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USA TODAYBEIRUT, Lebanon — Forces of the terrorist group Hezbollah say they are winning battles to defeat a three-year rebellion against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad by pouring fighters into remote regions where the Sunni Muslim rebels have been strongest.Syrian Forces Claim Major Blow Against RebelsNew York TimesRegime: 175 Islamist fighters killed in ambushThe Daily Star175 […]
HaaretzIsrael won’t publicly admit to Monday’s strike and Hezbollah is not making threats, but under the surface, the sides are locked in conflict. By Amos Harel | Feb. 26, 2014 | 12:31 AM | 4. Tweet. Hezbollah supporters listen to Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s …Analysis: Hezbollah unlikely to respond to Israeli air strike in LebanonJerusalem […]
Al-ArabiyaLebanon’s newly elected government poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut Feb. 15, 2014. (Reuters). Tweet. Text size A A A. By Nesrine Hatoum | Al Arabiya Sunday, 16 February 2014. A new Lebanese government has been …Ashton Considers Salam’s Cabinet ‘Key Step’ to Deal with ChallengesNaharnetUN chief Ban Ki-moon […]
Al-ArabiyaLike all Lebanese sects, the Sunnis are in a state of disagreement over their identity ever since the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, the prominent Sunni leader. Ever since his death in 2005, Lebanon’s Sunnis became a major party in the country’s struggle, …Kerry Calls on New Cabinet to Address Urgent Security Needs, Meet …NaharnetLebanon gets […]
Irish IndependentLebanon’s prime minister has formed a cabinet more than 10 months after taking office, taking in a wide range of political groups after bridging serious divisions among them, mostly over Syria’s civil war.Lebanon gets new government after 10-month deadlockBangkok PostLebanese new PM confident to meet constitutional deadlinesXinhuaLebanon Forms Government After 10-Month DeadlockVoice of AmericaDaily […]
Bangkok PostLebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Saturday unveiled a compromise government, capping 10 months of political wrangling during which the war in neighbouring Syria exacerbated sectarian tensions. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (Front C), …New Lebanon cabinetGulf Daily NewsLebanon Forms Government After 10-Month DeadlockVoice of AmericaLebanon government formed after 10-month stalemateDaily TimesNew York Times –Reutersall […]
Gulf Daily NewsBEIRUT: Lebanon’s prime minister formed a cabinet more than 10 months after taking office yesterday, including a wide range of political groups after bridging serious divisions among them mostly over Syria’s civil war. Tammam Salam’s 24-member national …Lebanon gets new government after 10-month deadlockNew Straits TimesLebanon Forms Government After 10-Month DeadlockVoice of AmericaLebanon […]
Son-in-law arrested in package-explosion deathsLas Vegas SunLaw Enforcement cars fill the front yard of a rural home in Lebanon, Tenn., where a package sent there exploded Monday, killing 74-year-old lawyer Jon Setzer and injuring 72-year-old Marion Setzer, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Marion Setzer later died. and more …read more Source: Las Vegas News By Google
NewsChannel5.comOfficials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said 72-year-old Marion Setzer passed away Wednesday evening at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after suffering critical injuries in the explosion. Setzer’s husband, 74-year-old Jon …Couple killed in package explosion kind, gentleSunHerald.comWoman injured in Tenn. home explosion diesSan Antonio ExpressSecond victim dies in Tennessee package blast, probe […]
The Daily StarBEIRUT: The U.N. Security Council appealed to the Lebanese people to preserve national unity despite consistent attempts to undermine the country’s stability, in the wake of the deadly bombing in the northeastern city of Hermel that was claimed by an …Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda battles in Lebanon to increase: AnalystsAhram OnlineLebanese extremist group says it […]
BBC NewsA car bomb has exploded in a Hezbollah stronghold near Lebanon’s northern border with Syria, killing at least four people, officials say. The blast happened near a petrol station in the eastern town of Hermel in the Bekaa Valley, state media said.Explosion kills four in Hezbollah stronghold near SyriaHaaretzEast Lebanon car bombing kills at […]
USA TODAYBEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in south Beirut on Tuesday, killing four people and sending plumes of smoke over the area in the latest attack to target supporters of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. It was the second …Losing its strength in Lebanon, Hezbollah is left unprotectedHaaretzBomb Hits Hezbollah […]
Wall Street JournalHezbollah supporters gather at the site of a bomb blast in the Haret Hreik neighborhood in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday. European Pressphoto Agency. BEIRUT—A car bomb exploded in the Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing …Car Bomb Hits Shiite Suburb of Beirut, Killing 4ABC NewsRaw: Explosion in Southern BeirutUSA TODAYFour killed […]
TIMEFrom left: Judges Walid Akoum, Janet Nosworthy, David Re, Micheline Braidy and Nicola Lettier preside over the first hearing in the in absentia trial of four people accused of murdering former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon …Hariri murder trial: Son speaks of hope for justiceBBC NewsLebanon’s Hariri trial opens without […]
New York TimesLONDON — Almost nine years after Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, was killed by a truck bomb, an international tribunal opened hearings into the case on Thursday in a courtroom in the Netherlands with lawyers and judges clustered around …Murder Trial for Former Lebanese PM Commences at The HagueTIMETribunal Opens Trial […]
ReutersTHE HAGUE (Reuters) – The trial of the four men accused of killing former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri opened in The Hague on Thursday, nine years after the bomb attack in which 21 others also died. The four members of Lebanon’s militant …Trial Starts of Suspects in Hariri AssassinationABC NewsLebanon polarised as Hariri tribunal […]
Wall Street JournalBEIRUT—A Saudi terror suspect detained in Lebanon last week died in custody, Lebanese officials said Saturday, bringing a sudden end to a budding controversy over the fate of a man wanted in several countries. Majid Almajid, head of a Sunni radical …Lebanon IDs commander of al-Qaida-linked groupWashington PostLeader of Al-Qaida-Linked Group Dies in […]
ABC NewsAn al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide car bombing last week in a Shiite-dominated neighborhood in Lebanon, as its fighters fought other rebels in neighboring Syria in the most serious infighting since the uprising began.Al-Qaeda-linked ISIS under attack in northern SyriaBBC NewsSyrian rebels launch fierce offensive against al Qaeda fightersReuters […]
USA TODAYBEIRUT (AP) — The leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that carried out attacks across the Middle East before shifting its focus to Syria’s civil war died on Saturday while in custody in Lebanon, the army said. In a short statement, the Lebanese army said Majid …Lebanon: Detained Saudi terror suspect Al-Majed dies in custodyCNN […]
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) – The suspected leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for bombing the Iranian embassy in Beirut two months ago died in custody on Saturday, security sources said. Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid, a Saudi …Senior al-Qaida figure dies in custody in LebanonHouston ChronicleAl-Qaeda’s commander in Lebanon Majid al-Majid ‘dies’BBC NewsLebanon: […]
BBC NewsMajid al-Majid, the commander of the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, has died in custody in a hospital in Lebanon, state media say. Majid al-Majid, a Saudi who is on Saudi Arabia’s most-wanted-terrorists list, was arrested in Lebanon recently.Top al-Qaida commander dies in Lebanese jailWashington PostSaudi jihadist held in Lebanon dies: Judicial sourceTimes of IndiaAl-Qaeda […]
USA TODAYBEIRUT (AP) — An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing at least five people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke …Beirut Bomb Hits Hezbollah StrongholdWall Street JournalUPDATE 4-Car bomb kills at least […]
Christian Science MonitorA car bomb ripped through the southern suburbs of Beirut today, killing at least five people in what appeared to be the latest blowback from the civil war in neighboring Syria. Skip to next paragraph …Blast in Hezbollah-Run Area of Beirut Kills 5ABC NewsBlast in Hezbollah Stronghold Highlights Lebanon DivisionsBloombergExplosion kills three in […]
Sydney Morning HeraldBeirut: Lebanese military authorities have arrested the leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, the offshoot of al-Qaeda that claimed responsibility for the double suicide bomb attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut in November, according to Lebanese news …Lebanon interrogating head of Al Qaeda-linked group responsible for Iran …The NationalLebanon ‘arrests head of […]
USA TODAYBEIRUT (AP) — It’s a happy moment, a selfie taken by a group of teenagers on a sunny day in downtown Beirut. Mohammed Shaar sits among his friends in a red hoodie and his dark-framed glasses. The next photos, captured by journalists only moments …Lebanon mourns ex-minister ChatahSky News Australia all 101 news articles […]
Poughkeepsie JournalA Lebanese student of the private Hariri High School holds a poster Dec. 30 with the photo of 16-year-old Mohammed Shaar, who was one of seven people killed in a car bomb that ripped through the upscale downtown district of Beirut. It reads in Arabic …In A Selfie, A Slain Lebanese Teen’s Last MomentsNPRFuneral […]
Al-ArabiyaSaudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (R) walks alongside French President Francois Hollande (L) following a meeting with Saudi businessmen in Riyadh on Dec. 30, 2013. (AFP). Tweet. Text size A A A. Staff Writer, Al Arabiya NewsSaudis Pledge $3 Billion to Support Lebanon’s ArmyWall Street JournalSaudi to give Lebanon $3B to […]
Deutsche WelleLebanon is struggling to cope with the fallout from Syria’s civil war, which has divided the country along confessional lines and paralyzed the fragile state. With recent killings, violence is set to continue in 2014. Explosion in Beirut (photo: REUTERS/Steve …Death of Lebanese politician puts Hezbollah in spotlightABC OnlineA Letter to RouhaniWall Street JournalRemembering […]
The Globe and MailSaudi Arabia has pledged $3-billion to Lebanon to help strengthen the country’s armed forces and purchase weapons from France, Lebanon’s president said Sunday, calling it the biggest grant ever for the nation’s military. Michel Sleiman, who made the …Saudi to grant Lebanese army 3 billion USD in aidXinhuaSaudis Pledge $3 Billion to […]
HaaretzEven though Israel’s military believes Sunni jihadists could be behind Sunday’s rocket attack, Netanyahu blames Hezbollah. By Amos Harel | Dec. 30, 2013 | 1:15 AM. Tweet. Mobile artillery on the Israel-Lebanon border, Dec. 29, 2013. Photo by Reuters.Israel hits back after rockets fired from LebanonPakistan Daily TimesIsraeli artillery strikes Lebanon following rocket fireXinhuaArmy finds […]
ReutersRIYADH (Reuters) – France will supply weapons to the Lebanese army if it is asked to do so, French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday during a visit to Saudi Arabia where he met King Abdullah. Riyadh had earlier pledged $3 billion in aid to the …Saudi Arabia Offers $3 Billion to Strengthen Lebanon’s ArmyBusinessweekSaudi […]
BusinessweekSaudi Arabia has offered $3 billion to strengthen Lebanon’s army to protect the country from the threat of “sectarianism and extremism,” Lebanon’s president said. “Strengthening the army is a national and popular demand of everyone” in Lebanon, Michel …Saudi prince’s firm says to file complaint vs France’s EDFReutersFeeling US snub, Saudis strengthen ties elsewhereWKEF ABC […]
Washington PostJERUSALEM — Five rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel Sunday morning, with at least one landing several miles from a border town in Israel’s north. No injuries or serious damage was reported. Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon …Rockets fired from Lebanon into IsraelUSA TODAYUNIFIL vows to find perpetrators of rocket attack on […]
Los Angeles TimesJERUSALEM — In the first border flareup of its kind in four months, a Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday, triggering a heavy artillery barrage from Israeli forces in response. No casualties were immediately reported on either …Rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon early SundayFox NewsNetanyahu says Lebanese government […]