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Syrian General Assassinated By Sniper In Lebanon; General Described As Assad's "Right Hand" Man

AP | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — A sniper assassinated a senior Syrian general close to President Bashar Assad, according to reports Monday in a Saudi paper an...

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Despite a Tenuous Peace, Mistrust Remains High in Beirut

Jared Levy | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hizballah, Lebanon, Beirut, SSNP, American University of Beirut, Saad Hariri, West Beirut, Bashar Al-Assad, Politics News
Jared Levy

Nearly two months after the cessation of violence in Hamra, sectarian and political tensions continue to run high.

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Politics, Violence Challenge Lebanon's "Outlook" Journalists

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.29.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese student journalists who, along with focusing on studies, occasionally dodge bullets, rockets and bombs in attempts to cover events, and who are constrained by university or government regulations.

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Lebanese President Warns Country On Verge Of Self-Destruction

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese president warned Tuesday that the country's divisions have pushed it to the verge of self-destruction _ sounding ...

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Beirut Nostalgia

Haim Watzman | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Haim Watzman

We had barely slept for two nights and were caked with the mud stirred up by a late-winter downpour. Within a few minutes we threw our gear together and lugged it into the choppers that flew us to Tyre.

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Hezbollah Warns Lebanon's New Government: Don't Attempt To Disarm Us

AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 05.26.2008 | Home

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's new president got a red carpet welcome Monday, but was quickly thrust into the political thicket as Hezbollah's lead...

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New Lebanese President Sworn in

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanese Government, New Lebanese President, Armcy Chief Lebanon President, Michel Suleiman, Politics News

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's parliament elected a new president Sunday, taking a step to stabilize the country after a long, violent political cr...

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Hezbollah, Lebanese Government Reach Peace Deal Ending 18-Month Political Stalemate

AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's feuding factions reached a breakthrough deal Wednesday that ends the country's 18-month political stalemate, but als...

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Hezbollah Now Most Powerful Force In Lebanon

Huffington Post | Posted 05.18.2008 | Home

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The Washington Post determines that Hezbollah's recent show of force In Beirut has carried the group to the forefront of power in Lebanon: Hezbollah ...

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Beirut Is Burning

Hooman Majd | Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics

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Hooman Majd

If there were ever a perfect example of the Bush administration's utterly bankrupt foreign policy, it would have to be the State Department's reaction to events in Beirut over the last few days.

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The Clashes in Beirut: Is the Bush Administration Stirring the Pot?

Lysandra Ohrstrom | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Beirut, Fouad Siniora, Politics News
Lysandra Ohrstrom

No one knows if this will be Lebanon's long-awaited second Civil War, but if the US does not stop stirring the pot, Bush is going to have another foreign policy debacle in the Middle East on his conscience.

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Hezbollah, Sunni Groups Battling In Beirut Streets

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed governm...

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Attack On US Vehicle In Beirut Kills 3

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, killing four Lebanese and injuring a local embassy employee, American and Leb...

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Citizen/Online Journalism is Magnet for Eager Arab Reporters in Beirut

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.30.2007 | Media

Read More: Media in Beirut, Reporters Without Borders, Arabic Media, Freedom of the Press, Middle East Blogs, Press Freedom, Media, Beirut, Journalism, Online Journalism, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

What may seem elementary in the West is still catching on in much of the Arab world. But blogging is definitely becoming the medium of choice.

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Top Lebanese General Assassinated By Car Bomb, Fragile Political Situation Threatened

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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A car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least two others Wednesday, the military and state media said, putting even mor...

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Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Killed In Beirut Car Bombing

BBC News | Posted 09.19.2007 | Home

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An anti-Syrian Lebanese MP has been killed in a car bomb attack in a mainly Christian district of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, officials have said. ...

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