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Lebanon Army attackers linked to Nusra Front, Assir

Tue Dec 17, 2013 09:08:25

Fresh details have emerged about the twin suicide attacks against the Lebanese Army, as security sources said the perpetrators were likely linked to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria and Salafist preacher Ahmad al-Assir.

Hezbollah’s Qassem, Qatari ambassador discuss Syria solution

Tue Dec 17, 2013 08:52:03

Qatar’s new Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Bin Hamad al-Marri has met with Hezbollah’s deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem in a first meeting with a senior party official, signaling an improvement in ties between the two sides strained by the war in Syria.

Lebanese army announces state of alert across Sidon

Mon Dec 16, 2013 21:43:49

The Lebanese army announced a state of alert across Sidon on Monday, a day after two attacks upon checkpoints in the southern city left a soldier and four assailants dead.

One in five Lebanon residents Syria refugees: UN

Mon Dec 16, 2013 16:31:41

One of five people living in Lebanon are refugees who have fled the conflict in neighboring Syria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday.

Sidon attack suspects linked to Iran embassy raiders

Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:20:35

Suspects in the deadly overnight attack on the Lebanese Army in south Lebanon likely had links to both Salafi-labelled Sheikh Ahmad Assir and al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front.

Syria slams terror killing of Hezbollah commander

Thu Dec 5, 2013 17:01:44

The Syrian government has censured the terror killing of a Lebanese Hezbollah commander, charging that the Israeli regime was behind the assassination.

Iran condemns assassination of Hezbollah commander

Wed Dec 4, 2013 22:08:10

The Islamic Republic of Iran has condemned the latest assassination of senior commander of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, Hassan Hawlo al-Lakkis, outside his home south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Hezbollah commander assassinated in south Beirut; Israel blamed

Wed Dec 4, 2013 10:54:15

Hezbollah official Hassan al-Lakkis has been assassinated outside his home in Hadath, south of Beirut, a Hezbollah statement says.

Nasrallah: Saudi behind Iran embassy bombing in Beirut

Wed Dec 4, 2013 09:59:06

Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah has blamed Saudi Arabia for a twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people last month.

Lebanon captures 21 suspects over Tripoli clashes

Wed Dec 4, 2013 08:07:29

Lebanon’s army has arrested 21 suspects in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli for their role in the recent gun-battles linked to the crisis in Syria.

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