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Syria: 13 corpses found amid massacre fallout

The latest killings happened in Deir el-Zour province, where the bodies were found blindfolded with ...

UNSC discusses Syria at closed-door meeting

The UNSC condemned "in the strongest terms" the Houla massacre, in which over 100 people were killed...

West expels Syrian envoys; media issues warning

Western nations expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday in the wake of a gruesome massa...

Iran sends troops to Syria

Iran has long used Syria`s territory as a base for operations to maintain a lifeline to militant gro...

Russia calls for probe into Syrian massacre

Over 100 people were killed in Houla in Homs province, including dozens of children and women, in th...

UN points finger at pro-Syrian thugs in massacre

The UN peacekeeping chief said he has seen no reason to believe that "third elements" were involved ...

Australia expels 2 Syrian diplomats over massacre

Friday`s massacre in Houla was one of the deadliest single events in the 15-month-old uprising again...

Syria: Survivors recount horror of Houla massacre

The UK, France and the US have raised diplomatic pressure on the Assad Government against the killin...

Children killed in Syria attack were executed: UN

A spokesman for the UNHCR says UN monitors found that less than 20 of the 108 people killed died fro...

`Both Syrian forces, rebels to blame for massacre`

At least 108 people, around a third of them children, were killed on Saturday in Houla, according to...

`Hezbollah ready to join national dialogue`

Lebanese Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah criticised the March 14 coalition for setting demand...

Unrest in Syria affecting Lebanon: Hillary

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed concerns that developments in Syria are contribu...

State of alert imposed on Israeli-Lebanese border

Lebanon, dubbed the day as "Resistance and Liberation Day," is organizing a series of official and p...

Two dead after shootout in Lebanese capital

Five soldiers and policemen were also wounded in the gunbattle which caused panic among residents in...

Syrian rebels kidnap 12 Lebanese

The victims were on their way home from a religious pilgrimage in Iraq when rebels intercepted their...

Beirut clashes kill 1 amid fear of Syria spillover

Lebanon and Syria share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which are easil...

Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city, three killed

The fourteen-month-old conflict in Syria has exacerbated sectarian and political tensions in Lebanon...

Lebanon intercepts ship with Syria-bound arms

Syrian authorities have repeatedly said weapons are being smuggled from neighbouring countries to ar...

`Syrian rebels are regrouping`

Syria has a complex web of allegiances in the region that extends to Iran and the Lebanese militant ...

Syria laying landmines in border areas: HRW

The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the mines were planted in the past weeks.

Syria intensifies crackdown, refugees flee

More than a thousand Syrian refugees have poured across the border into Lebanon.

Two foreign journalists buried in Syria as 2 flee

Two Western journalists killed in the Syrian city of Homs last week have been buried in the embatt...

French journalists evacuated from Syria to Lebanon

Two French journalists who were trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs were on Thursday evacuat...

Lebanon upholds verdict over general`s Israel leak

Lebanon`s military court today upheld a verdict against a former army general and politician curren...

Swedish-Lebanese man charged of terror

Thai police on Tuesday charged a Swedish-Lebanese man, suspected of having links with the Hezbolla...

At least 19 killed in Beirut building collapse

At least 19 people were killed when an old six-storey building in the Lebanese capital collapsed, of...

Blast rocks south Lebanon restaurant

An explosion tore through a restaurant in the southern Lebanese town of Tyre at dawn on Wednesday.

Hezbollah unravels CIA spy network in Lebanon

Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA`s spy network in Lebanon.

Syria denies role in bombing of French UN troops

France had claimed that Syria had used the militant group Hezbollah for such attacks in the past.

One person wounded in south Lebanon by rocket

One person was injured in southern Lebanon Sunday when a rocket apparently fired toward Israel hit a...

France points finger at Syria for Lebanon attack

France`s Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday Paris believed Syria was behind attacks on its ...

Lebanon road bomb wounds French peacekeepers

A powerful bomb struck a UN peacekeeping patrol in the Lebanese coastal town of Tyre.

Hezbollah`s Nasrallah vows to arm more heavily

Marking the Shiite commemoration of Ashura, Nasrallah spoke in person to a frenzied crowd in his Bei...

Rockets fired across Lebanon, Israel border

An exchange of rocket fire hit the Lebanese-Israeli border Tuesday in the first such incident since ...

Lebanese PM threatens to quit over Hariri tribunal

Four members of the militant group Hezbollah have been indicted for the 2005 killing of Rafik Hariri...

CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution in Middle East

The CIA was well aware the spies were vulnerable in Lebanon. CIA officials were warned.

‘Syria planting landmines along Lebanon border’

Syria is planting landmines along parts of the country`s border with Lebanon, officials and witnesse...

Syria: 8 killed as mines laid near Lebanon

On the diplomatic front, Syrian Foreign Minister held talks with China`s special envoy for the Middl...

Lebanon jails ex-general for leaking info to Israel

More than 100 people have been arrested on suspicion of spying for the Israeli Mossad since April 20...

Islamist militants break out of Lebanon prison

Militants from a radical Islamist group which fought deadly battles with the Lebanese army in 2007 e...

Syrian troops kill 11 in restive town near Lebanon

The Syrian Army shot dead 11 people in a western town near the Lebanese border Thursday and stormed ...

Hezbollah hands over material for Lebanon tribunal

Hezbollah denies any role in the huge explosion in Beirut which killed Hariri.

Lebanese, Israeli troops exchange fire on border

Officials on both sides reported no casualties and each blamed the other for the clash.

Hariri killing: Lebanon tribunal names 4 suspects

Hezbollah accuses the tribunal of being a tool of the United States and Israel.

Emirati faces punishment for back-heel penalty

UAE footballer may be punished for a back-heel penalty kick made when his team was already 6-2 up in...

Syrian troops enter border town, hundreds detained

Syria-based rights activist Mustafa Osso says the government forces stormed the town of Zabadani in ...

Estonians abducted in Lebanon released

Seven Estonian tourists were kidnapped in the eastern Bekaa Valley in March while on a cycling trip.

Lebanon`s Hariri slams Hezbollah over UN court

A UN-backed court has indicted Hezbollah members in the 2005 murder of Rafiq Hariri.

Lebanon: Interpol issues alerts in Hariri case

A senior Lebanese security official says Interpol has issued international alerts against four Hezbo...

Lebanon indictments unleash claims of betrayal

Hezbollah has amassed unprecedented political clout in the government this year.

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