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U.S. Accuses Hezbollah Of Money Laundering, Group Denies

AP | By ZEINA KARAM | Posted 02.19.2012

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BEIRUT -- Lebanon's Hezbollah is denying US allegations of involvement in a $300 million laundering scheme and drugs trafficking, with its deputy lead...

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Hezbollah: Libya Rebels Can Solve Lebanese Shiite Leader's Disappearance

AP | By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 10.24.2011

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BEIRUT -- Hezbollah has called on the Libyan rebels to help uncover the fate of Moussa al-Sadr, a charismatic Shiite cleric who disappeared during a t...

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Natural Gas And Oil Reserves Spark Israeli-Hezbollah Dispute

AP | By ZEINA KARAM | Posted 09.25.2011

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BEIRUT -- The leader of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group on Tuesday warned Israel against trying to steal Lebanon's maritime resources and said...

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Hezbollah Rise In Lebanon Gives Syria, Iran Sway

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 08.13.2011

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BEIRUT — Hezbollah and its allies rose to a position of unprecedented dominance in Lebanon's government Monday, giving its patrons Syria and Ira...

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Israeli Map Shows Nearly 1,000 Hezbollah Sites

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.31.2011

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Thursday released a map detailing what it says are nearly 1,000 underground bunkers, weapons storage facilit...

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Lebanese Government Collapses As Hezbollah Resigns

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIRUT — Lebanon's government collapsed Wednesday after Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the Cabinet in a dispute with Western-backed fact...

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Lebanon: Finding Consensus Without the Factions

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Exiles" and their politics are part of the very fabric of American life. But there are many times when "exile" politics have proved to be a problem -- with the recent Iraq debacle, a case in point, and fragmented Lebanon being another.

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Israel Considering Strike Against Syria

The Washington Post | Janine Zacharia | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIRUT -- Syria's fresh interference in Lebanon and its increasingly sophisticated weapons shipments to Hezbollah have alarmed American officials and ...

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Lebanon's Moment of Truth

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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There can be little doubt that assassins revel in an absence of accountability -- and in Lebanon's history few of them have ever been brought to justice.

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Hezbollah and Iran: the New Masters of Lebanon?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hezbollah conducted a simulation of the zero hour to demonstrate its ability to maintain a security and military grip on Lebanon, thereby giving its Iranian master the coveted reins over Lebanon.

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What Lebanon Can Teach the U.S. About Religious Tolerance

David Samel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans and New Yorkers have a lot to learn about religious freedom and tolerance, and can take lessons from Beirut.

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Hezbollah Slams Gates' Remarks Over Weapons

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIRUT — A Hezbollah official on Wednesday slammed comments by the U.S. defense secretary accusing the militant group of having more weapons tha...

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Ready to Rumble in the Middle East?

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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If administration officials want to avoid a close concert of the Iranians, Syrians, Hamas and Hezbollah, then they should cease making the casual, convenient assumption that they're all a bunch of bad guys out to get us. That is a self-serving, intellectually lazy notion nurtured by many inside and outside the White House. It can only lead us into blind alleys. That is, unless one sees all these intricate issues liable to resolution by confrontation with the prospect of war.

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The Intuition of the Lebanese

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is disagreement and confusion over the Iran question amongst the Europeans and the great powers. The Israelis are unshakable in their opinion that Tehran strives for the immediate production of nuclear bombs.

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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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Hezbollah Embarrassed By 'Lebanese Madoff'

nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 05.25.2011

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TURA, Lebanon -- The investor, a heavyset man in a gray polo shirt, sat back in a plastic chair in his hardware store and sighed, unable to explain ho...

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Lebanon's Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri Steps Down

The Guardian | Hugh Macleod in Beirut | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lebanon entered a new chapter of political uncertainty today as prime minister-designate Sa'ad Hariri stepped down after the Hezbollah-led opposition ...

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Lebanese Politics in the Post-Bush Era

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The shift in allegiances of Lebanon's chameleon-like Druze leader has sent tremors through the country's political system.

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Fears of War Grow in Lebanon

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is talk of "war shopping", of people storing up supplies in case growing Israeli rhetoric towards Lebanon becomes a reality.

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The End of March 14?

Nicholas Noe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Sunni, Druze and Christian coalition that first took the reins of power in July 2005 was dealt what may end up being a lethal blow this past week when the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt formerly left the March 14 Secretariat.

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Hezbollah Rocket Stockpile On Israeli Border Reaches 40,000

Times Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three years after Israel fought a bloody war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, there are growing fears that hostilities could erupt again this time with t...

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A Woman's Place, in Lebanon

Nadya Khalife | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lebanese women won the right to vote in national elections 19 years before women in Switzerland. Yet political participation by Lebanese women remains dismal at the national level.

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Hezbollah Still Holds Sway in Lebanon

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Parliament's lack of power raises serious questions about the future of Hezbollah's role and the shape of issue-based politics in such a fragile country.

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Lebanon Election Results: Pro-Western Majority Declares Victory

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIRUT — Lebanon's pro-Western coalition declared victory early Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fende...

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Telling the Lebanese How to Vote

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many Lebanese -- including some of Hezbollah's bitterest opponents -- wonder why Clinton and Biden, who have defended foreign forces wreaking such death and destruction on their country, have any right to tell them how to vote.

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