New Yorker (blog) | Funerals Held in Lebanon for Iran Embassy Victims ABC News Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Kassem said the group will not be dissuaded from supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad in his country's civil war, describing recurrent attacks on Shiite strongholds in Lebanon as "inevitable pains on the road to ... Lebanon and the Long Reach of Syria's Conflict Double bomb blast shatters Iran's embassy in Lebanon As it happened |
MiamiHerald.com | Fear of more bombings grips Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hezbollah warned Wednesday that more bombings similar to the two suicide blasts that targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut could occur despite extra security precautions as the caretaker defense minister declared that Lebanon was in danger. Report: Western intelligence agency tipped Lebanon to likely attack Lebanon in crisis from spillover of Syria conflict Lebanon blasts expose Iran and Qaeda face-off over Syria |
gulfnews.com | Suicide attack stems Assad advance near Syria-Lebanon border Reuters The battles raging around the Qalamoun range spanning Syria and Lebanon are part of a much-anticipated offensive by Assad's forces to secure a highway linking Damascus to the province of Homs and thus consolidate their grip on central Syria. The Syrian ... UN says 2200 Syrian families have rushed to Lebanon in 5 days, fleeing latest ... 2 car bombs hit Syria troops near Lebanon Suicide bombers hit Syria troops near Lebanon |
BBC News | Lebanon blasts hit Iran's embassy in Beirut BBC News The attack comes as the Syrian army is carrying out a major offensive to cut off the rebels' last supply routes into Lebanon. For the Syrian rebel movement, these are desperate times - the regime's boot is on their throat, held there with Iranian ... |
Suspect On the Run After Bank Robbery in Downtown Lebanon (Updated at 3 ... Valley News Lebanon Police gather at the scene of a bank robbery on Hanover Street in Lebanon, N.H., on Nov. 20, 2013. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap). A masked gunman demanded money from a Hanover Street bank in Lebanon, N.H., on Nov. 20, 2013. (Courtesy ... Police: armed man holds up Lebanon, NH, bank Police search for suspect in Lebanon bank robbery |
Christian Science Monitor | Behind Lebanon suicide blasts, growing Saudi-Iran rivalry (+video) Christian Science Monitor With that help, and a few thousand fighters from Lebanon's Iran-backed Shiite militant group Hezbollah, the Syrian Army has clawed back some rebel-held territory in recent weeks. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, is a champion of the mainly Sunni armed ... |
The Daily Star | EU, Turkey decry Iran embassy attack in Lebanon The Daily Star At least 25 people were killed and more than 150 wounded Tuesday from two suicide bomb attacks that targeted Tehran's embassy in the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hasan, sliding Lebanon into further turmoil linked the conflict in Syria. The EU chief ... |
Voice of America | Bombs Near Iranian Embassy in Lebanon Kill 23 Voice of America CAIRO — Officials in Lebanon say at least 23 people were killed and more than 140 wounded in two bomb blasts Tuesday near the Iranian embassy in Beirut. An Iranian diplomat was among those killed. It was a scene of devastation in south Beirut when two ... |
Beirut Bombings Pull Lebanon Further Into Syrian War Huffington Post NEW YORK -- The bombs that killed at least 23 people at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday provide the latest evidence that Syria's civil war is rapidly becoming Lebanon's war as well. As the violence of the Syrian civil war has accelerated over ... |
The Daily Star | Could European states be neutrality models for Lebanon? The Daily Star BEIRUT: The idea of Lebanon following the Swiss model of neutrality may seem far-fetched, but the small European nation had to overcome its own history of sectarian conflict and political strife not dissimilar from Lebanon's own troubles. A conference ... |