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Is Lebanon next on Isis hit list? - BBC News Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:10:09 GMT

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Is Lebanon next on Isis hit list?
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News that jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) had declared the creation of a "caliphate" last month initially sent Lebanon's social media networks into a frenzy of puns and jokes depicting them as backward, bloodthirsty bearded men. But soon, worry ...
Hezbollah suffers casualties in fight to root out rebelsThe Daily Star
Jihadists in LebanonForeign Policy Journal
More than a Dozen People Killed in Skirmishes along Syria-Lebanon BorderTheTower.org
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Plumbly: UNIFIL to investigate Lebanon rocket fire - The Daily Star Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:50:33 GMT

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Plumbly: UNIFIL to investigate Lebanon rocket fire
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BEIRUT: UN Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly condemned rockets fired from south Lebanon and Israeli retaliatory action Tuesday, adding that UNIFIL launched an investigation in coordination with the Lebanese Army in order to prevent more attacks.
Israel fires into Lebanon after rockets launched over borderAl-Arabiya
Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon, drawing Israeli fireIrish Times
Rockets and artillery fire exchanged across Lebanese-Israeli borderThe Guardian

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Future: Lebanon cannot bear another security setback - The Daily Star Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:59:39 GMT

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Future: Lebanon cannot bear another security setback
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“The battle of the Palestinian people to regain their rights and land is our own battle and central cause but the bloc rejects the use of Lebanese territory to launch rockets into Israel, which stems from its opposition to the use of illegitimate arms ...

Mustaqbal Slams Rocket Fire as 'Suspicious' Bid to Use Lebanon for Regional ... - Naharnet Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:11:55 GMT

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Mustaqbal Slams Rocket Fire as 'Suspicious' Bid to Use Lebanon for Regional ...
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“The experiences that Lebanon is going through have proved that only the Lebanese state can protect its people … while militias and de facto forces, topped by Hizbullah, are behind the tensions, disasters and problems in the country,” Mustaqbal added.

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refugees, sectarian tensions endanger Lebanon: UN - The Daily Star Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:23:18 GMT

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refugees, sectarian tensions endanger Lebanon: UN
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GENEVA: Lebanon is at risk of crumbling as a state under the burden of 1.1 million Syrian refugees and foreign donors must make good on pledges of support to help it survive the crisis, the top U.N. official in the small coastal country warned on Monday.
UN: Lebanon's Syrian Refugee Crisis Could Explode into Sectarian ViolenceVoice of America
Lebanon faces 'national calamity' as refugee crisis deepens, UN relief ...UN News Centre
UN: Syrian refugees, sectarian tensions endanger LebanonAl-Arabiya
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Firing rockets from Lebanon pointless: Berri - The Daily Star Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:00:26 GMT

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Firing rockets from Lebanon pointless: Berri
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BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri told his visitors that the firing of rockets into Israel did not serve the Palestinian cause but was rather an attempt to involve Lebanon in the conflict. “Our stance is well-known; we support Palestine and its cause and we ...
Salam Warns of 'Deteriorating Situation' in Lebanon: We're Drawing Harm by ...Naharnet
Parliamentary speaker says Lebanon's cabinet mechanism is "paralyzing"Al-Bawaba

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Christian, Muslim groups urge Lebanon neutrality - The Daily Star Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:28:54 GMT

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Christian, Muslim groups urge Lebanon neutrality
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BEIRUT: Moderate and independent Lebanese Christian and Muslim figures Tuesday called for a Lebanon free from Hezbollah or the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). A statement issued Tuesday by the moderate groups the Lady of the ...

Syrian air raids on Lebanon border wound 11 - The Daily Star Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:51:38 GMT

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Syrian air raids on Lebanon border wound 11
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The attack came days after Hezbollah members clashed near the border with Lebanon with rebel groups in a bid to root out the opposition from the Qalamoun region. The fighting took place in the border area near Baalbek and Arsal, which hosts thousands ...
Syrian jets raid Lebanon's border townGlobalPost

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Lebanon's last chimpanzee flown to freedom - The Daily Star Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:44:24 GMT

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Lebanon's last chimpanzee flown to freedom
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Over the past eight years Animals Lebanon have successfully rescue two other chimpanzees, shipping them to sanctuaries in Brazil and the U.K., but Mier explains that the operation to confiscate Charlie from Beirut's Animal City zoo took so long because ...

Israel shoots down drone as rockets fired from Lebanon - CBC.ca Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:32:49 GMT

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Israel shoots down drone as rockets fired from Lebanon
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The Israeli military said it downed a drone launched by Hamas militants in Gaza on Monday, the first time it encountered an unmanned aircraft since the start of its offensive last week, as new Israeli airstrikes pushed the Palestinian death toll to at ...
Israel Downs Drone Sent From Gaza, Responds to Lebanon RocketsNBCNews.com
Lebanon Rockets Strike Israel As Death Toll In Gaza Surpasses 150International Business Times
LIVE UPDATES: Operation Protective Edge, day 7Haaretz
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