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How Lebanon is Threatened by Syria’s Rebellion
An uneasy, fragile calm returned to the Lebanese capital Beirut and the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, a day after the worst clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian Lebanese factions since 2008. The violence erupted after the killing of a prominent anti-Syrian Sunni cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abdel Wahed, (more…)
UN concerned over Syria violence spillover into Lebanon
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern on Monday that violence in Syria could spill over into neighboring Lebanon and reiterated fears it could also develop into a full-blown civil war. (more…)
49 bodies left on Mexico highway; official
Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs.
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8 killed in Syria violence, even as UN mission grows
Violence in Syria cost at least eight lives on Saturday even as a UN force to oversee a truce neared half its planned strength, monitors said, while an Islamist group claimed deadly blasts in Damascus. (more…)
IRIN Analysis: Syria’s forgotten refugees
While the world focuses on the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the increasingly violent conflict, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in Syria , have been all but forgotten.
Lebanon’s Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up in Syria
When one of Lebanon’s most wanted terrorists kills himself while planting a bomb it is cause for at least some sort of grim celebration. But when the chief bomb-maker of the country’s most notorious terror group self detonates while helping rebels (more…)
U.N. wives tell Assad’s wife: “Stop your husband”
The wives of U.N. ambassadors from Britain and Germany targeted Syria’s first lady on Tuesday with an online appeal to “stop your husband” in his yearlong bid to quash a popular uprising that has left thousands dead. (more…)
Belgium calls for intervention if Assad pursues “path of barbarism”
Belgium said Sunday that humanitarian intervention in Syria under the protection of military forces would be needed if the regime of Bashar al-Assad pursues the “path of barbarism”.
“The regime has taken the path of barbarism and I trust President Bashar al-Assad less and less,” (more…)
Violence dims Syria truce hopes, over 100 killed
Syrian troops pounded opposition areas, activists said, killing 74 civilians in an offensive that has sent thousands of refugees surging into Turkey before next week’s U.N.-backed ceasefire aimed at staunching a year of bloodshed. (more…)
Fierce attacks by Syrian troops undermine hopes for cease-fire
The Syrian army launched a blistering assault Thursday on the outskirts of the capital, shelling residential areas and deploying snipers on rooftops as international envoy Kofi Annan demanded every fighter lay down arms in time for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire. (more…)
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