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The US, IS and the conspiracy theory sweeping Lebanon - BBC News Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:35:32 GMT

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The US, IS and the conspiracy theory sweeping Lebanon
BBC News
Is America behind the creation of the Islamic State? The BBC's Suzanne Kianpour, in Beirut, looks at the latest conspiracy theory doing the rounds in Lebanon. "In the Middle East, conspiracy theories are in our blood," one former Lebanese official said ...
Islamists sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq: KahwagiThe Daily Star
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Islamic State Seek to Unleash Sectarian Chaos in Lebanon with Border Assault ...Newsweek
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Derbas: Lebanon could close border with Syria - The Daily Star Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:04:48 GMT

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Derbas: Lebanon could close border with Syria
The Daily Star
He said Syrian refugees in Lebanon, close to 1.3 million, were divided into four categories: those who face prosecution in Syria and whom Lebanon refuses to deport, some with acceptable identification documents, some who have entered Lebanon illegally ...


Three Lebanon teens jailed on robbery charges - Lebanon Daily News Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:48:56 GMT

Three Lebanon teens jailed on robbery charges
Lebanon Daily News
Three Lebanon teenagers were arrested Friday and charged in connection with two separate robberies July 31 on the city's northside. Roberto Maldonado, 18, Antonio Howell, 17, and Nicholas Cintron, 15, were all charged with 14 counts of robbery, ...
3 Lebanon teens jailed for robberiesabc27

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Salam: Dialogue only means for compromise - The Daily Star Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:11:33 GMT

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Salam: Dialogue only means for compromise
The Daily Star
Salam once again commended Saudi Arabia for donating $1 billion to the Lebanese Army to combat terrorism and extremism, saying the grant only demonstrated Riyadh's policy toward Lebanon, "which aims to strengthen the state and its constitutional ...
Lebanese Prime Minister Holds Farewell Luncheon for Saudi Ambassador to ...Saudi Press Agency

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French military effort against ISIS 'should focus on Lebanon' - FRANCE 24 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:14:18 GMT

FRANCE 24

French military effort against ISIS 'should focus on Lebanon'
FRANCE 24
France would be better placed supporting efforts against Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL) militants in Lebanon rather than on the Kurdish front, specialists told FRANCE 24 on Monday. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on ...

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Bassil: Israel and ISIS speak same language - The Daily Star Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:10:45 GMT

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Bassil: Israel and ISIS speak same language
The Daily Star
Bassil asked. Bassil reiterated that Lebanon had asked the International Criminal Court Prosecutor to launch investigations on crimes against humanity perpetrated by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Foreign Minister called for support for to the 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 ...
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Kahwagi: Army saved Lebanon from jihadist state - The Daily Star Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:57:19 GMT

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Kahwagi: Army saved Lebanon from jihadist state
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army saved Lebanon from jihadists before they could declare their own state, Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi said. "The Army saved Lebanon from killer 'sectarian strife-seekers' by the Arsal battle,” Kahwagi told local ...


Body of Italian peacekeeper found in s. Lebanon - The Daily Star Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:46:56 GMT

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Body of Italian peacekeeper found in s. Lebanon
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon announced Tuesday that the body of an Italian peacekeeper was found in a southern village. In a statement, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said the body of an Italian soldier was found inside a U.N. base in ...
Body of Italian soldier found in UN base in southern LebanonEurope Online Magazine
Italian soldier found dead at UNIFIL base in Lebanon-update2Gazzetta del Sud english

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Lebanon man, 74, accused of throwing toolbox at officers during drunken ... - The Patriot-News Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:13:28 GMT

Lebanon man, 74, accused of throwing toolbox at officers during drunken ...
The Patriot-News
A 74-year-old Lebanon man was charged Monday night with aggravated assault after police said he threw a toolbox at officers from the second-story balcony of a Lebanon house. Jay Dewitt Harrington also is charged with criminal mischief, disorderly ...