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Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon - New York Times Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:33:03 GMT

New York Times

Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon
New York Times
LABWEH, Lebanon — Recent outbreaks of fighting and growing sectarian tensions in northern Lebanon have heightened fears that the civil war in neighboring Syria is spilling over with new momentum, threatening the country's fragile stability. Over the ...
Guns fall silent in Lebanon's Tripoli after deadly clashesReuters
Lebanon's pot farmers gear up for a fight with Islamic StateWashington Post (blog)
Meet Lebanon's cannabis farmers joining the fight against ISSBS
Al-Arabiya -BBC News
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Lebanon army back in control of Tripoli - Aljazeera.com Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:03:14 GMT

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Lebanon army back in control of Tripoli
Aljazeera.com
The fighting was the deadliest bout of Syria-related violence in Lebanon's second city since the 2011 outbreak of the civil war in Syria, leaving 11 soldiers and eight civilians dead between Friday and Sunday. Twenty-two fighters were also killed ...


Lebanon's once-mighty Hezbollah is facing attacks in Syria — and also at home - Washington Post Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:31:43 GMT

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Lebanon's once-mighty Hezbollah is facing attacks in Syria — and also at home
Washington Post
Tactics that the Shiite group has used against Israeli soldiers are being inflicted on its own forces by militants from the Islamic State and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, which have carved out footholds in Lebanon along the porous Syria border.
Army triumphs in uniting Lebanongulfnews.com
Why Hezbollah may welcome an Israeli attack in the near futureDigitalJournal.com

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Hariri: Disengage from Syria to save Lebanon - The Daily Star Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:01:55 GMT

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Hariri: Disengage from Syria to save Lebanon
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon must disengage from the civil war destroying Syria, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday, warning that the country would be ripped apart if the sectarian plots against it were allowed to continue. “The itinerant incidents we ...


UN chief urges continued global support for Lebanon amid ongoing regional crises - UN News Centre Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:02:54 GMT

UN News Centre

UN chief urges continued global support for Lebanon amid ongoing regional crises
UN News Centre
28 October 2014 – Lebanon remains “a beacon of tolerance and co-existence” in an otherwise combustible region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today, adding that in the face of growing challenges along its borders, the Middle Eastern country ...
In Syria refugee crisis, Palestinian legacy weighs on LebanonChristian Science Monitor
Syria neighbours Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey raise alarm over refugeeseuronews
Salam urges resettlement of Syrian refugeesThe Daily Star
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Lebanon in talks with militants to prevent killing of captured soldiers -minister - Reuters Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:12:44 GMT

Lebanon in talks with militants to prevent killing of captured soldiers -minister
Reuters
Many Sunni Syrian rebels and hardline Lebanese Sunni Islamists accuse Lebanon's army of working with the Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to aid Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the Shi'ite-derived Alawite ...


Untangling The Roots Of Recent Flare-Ups In Lebanon - NPR Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:44:33 GMT

Untangling The Roots Of Recent Flare-Ups In Lebanon
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Since Syria's civil war began three years ago, its neighbor Lebanon has mostly managed to stay out of the fighting. But this last weekend, that fighting spilled over the border in a way that suggests Lebanon might be drawn into that intractable war ...


Lebanon man killed after being accidentally run over by caretaker in parking lot - FOX43.com Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:23:30 GMT

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Lebanon man killed after being accidentally run over by caretaker in parking lot
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UNION TOWNSHIP (WPMT)- A 52-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle the parking lot of Swatara State Park in Lebanon County Monday, according to state police. Bruce C. Fuhrman, of Lebanon, was with a caretaker from his group home when the ...

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5 week old infant assaulted in Lebanon County, police say - WFMZ Allentown Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:43:49 GMT

5 week old infant assaulted in Lebanon County, police say
WFMZ Allentown
A Lebanon County father brutally assaulted his five-week-old baby because he would not stop crying, police said. "It is very sad what he did, very sad. A poor innocent helpless little baby. Doing that to him, that is sad," said Cindy Beck, a neighbor ...
Police charge Lebanon County man with repeatedly assaulting infantThe Patriot-News - PennLive.com

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'Militant groups operating in Lebanon are totally different from those in ... - RT (blog) Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:28:46 GMT

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'Militant groups operating in Lebanon are totally different from those in ...
RT (blog)
The militant groups operating in Lebanon, especially in Tripoli, were enjoying the sponsorship of influential political figures in Lebanon, including members of government, unlike the extremists in Syria or Iraq, geopolitical analyst Jamal Wakim told RT.
Army arrests 83 in north Lebanon hunt for militantsThe Daily Star
Dozens die in Lebanon as Army clashes with Sunni supporters of Islamic StateAlaska Dispatch
Lebanon in talks with militants to prevent killing of soldierswww.worldbulletin.net
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