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Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian elected Lebanon grand mufti - The Daily Star Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:55:18 GMT

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Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian elected Lebanon grand mufti
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BEIRUT: Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian was elected Lebanon grand mufti Sunday, receiving around 80 percent of the votes. “What happened today is an expression of the strong will of all Muslims in Lebanon, to face the problems and reiterate the role of Dar ...
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Hezbollah MP rejects UNIFIL on Syria border - The Daily Star Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:13:00 GMT

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Hezbollah MP rejects UNIFIL on Syria border
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Fayyad's comments came in response to calls by many March 14 leaders for controlling the Lebanese-Syrian borders by the deployment of Army troops backed by the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, which was expanded by Resolution 1701 after the 2006 war ...


Hariri holds talks with foreign envoys - The Daily Star Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:30:38 GMT

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Hariri holds talks with foreign envoys
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BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Saturday with envoys of countries comprising the International Support Group for Lebanon, explaining the $1 billion Saudi grant offered to the Lebanese Army and security agencies to combat terrorism.
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Lebanon and the Islamic State Not us too - The Economist (blog) Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:15:08 GMT

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Lebanon and the Islamic State Not us too
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ON AUGUST 7th only a few vehicles could be seen leaving the besieged town of Arsal on Lebanon's border with Syria: tanks ferrying exhausted, chain-smoking Lebanese soldiers, microbuses packed with refugees and ambulances escorted by Lebanese ...
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ISIS just took a town in Lebanon. Wait, Lebanon? - Vox Mon, 04 Aug 2014 23:10:39 GMT

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ISIS just took a town in Lebanon. Wait, Lebanon?
Vox
The story of how ISIS got into Lebanon begins just across border in Syria, along the Qalamoun Mountains range. The mountains had become a home base for a number of Syrian Islamist rebels, including from ISIS. Beginning around November 2013, the ...
Ceasefire extended in Lebanon's ArsalAljazeera.com
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For author Joann "JoJo" Lloyd Fichtner it's all about Lebanon - Lebanon Daily News Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:52:53 GMT

For author Joann "JoJo" Lloyd Fichtner it's all about Lebanon
Lebanon Daily News
Fichtner, who now lives in Cohasset, Mass., recently finished penning her second book, "JoJo: It's All About Me," an autobiography that tells of her upbringing in Lebanon as a member of the Lloyd's potato chip family, her schooling and eventually her ...


War victims flee back to Syria as refugee camp in Lebanon is burned to the ... - Daily Mail Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:57:27 GMT

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War victims flee back to Syria as refugee camp in Lebanon is burned to the ...
Daily Mail
Having previously thought of Lebanon as a relatively safe haven from the long-running civil war between Syria dictator Bashar Assad and hard-line Muslim forces in the country, the Syrian victims found themselves in the firing line earlier this week ...
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March 14: Member escapes ambush in Bekaa - The Daily Star Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:27:19 GMT

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March 14: Member escapes ambush in Bekaa
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BEIRUT: The March 14 coalition general secretariat said Saturday one of its members had escaped an ambush in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley town of Taybeh. "Nawfal Daw escaped from an armed ambush that was set up for him at 11 a.m. in Taybeh," the group ...


Is Lebanon next target of Islamic State? - Al-Monitor Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:33:00 GMT

Is Lebanon next target of Islamic State?
Al-Monitor
As US fighter jets struck Islamic State (IS) positions in Iraq, Lebanon last week battled jihadist groups linked to Jabhat al-Nusra and IS terrorists. On Aug. 2, armed extremist forces attacked Arsal, located in the Bekaa Valley. The assault followed ...


Lebanon takes further measures to combat risk of Ebola - The Daily Star Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:45:25 GMT

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Lebanon takes further measures to combat risk of Ebola
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BEIRUT: Lebanon's Agriculture Ministry banned the import of live animals from Ebola-hit African countries, as part of the government's measures to combat the risk of the fatal virus. In a decision numbered 622/1, Minister Akram Chehayeb “banned the ...
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