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3 militants dead as Lebanon Army advances on ISIS - The Daily Star Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:49:52 GMT

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3 militants dead as Lebanon Army advances on ISIS
The Daily Star
BAALBEK, Lebanon: Five soldiers were wounded and at least three jihadi militants killed Thursday in clashes on Lebanon's northeastern border with Syria, security sources and the Army said. A source told The Daily Star that an officer and four troops ...

Lebanon House Collapses as Gasoline Fuels Fire - NBC Connecticut Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:54:26 GMT

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Lebanon House Collapses as Gasoline Fuels Fire
NBC Connecticut
Flames engulfed a home on Williams Crossing Road in Lebanon and caused it to collapse Thursday morning, fueled by 15 gallons of gasoline stored in the basement,a ccording to the fire marshal. "They couldn't put it out. They had to let it burn. It was ...
House in Lebanon destroyed by fireWFSB
Lebanon fire destroys home, challenges firefightersWTNH
Fire damages home in LebanonFOX CT
Norwich Bulletin
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Why Lebanon skipped anti-terror meeting in Washington - Al-Monitor Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:55:25 GMT

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Why Lebanon skipped anti-terror meeting in Washington
Al-Monitor
Lebanon decided not to participate in the three-day Countering Violent Extremism summit held in Washington this week for the countries participating in the international coalition against terrorism. There was extensive discussion in Beirut before it ...
How ISIS Unites Lebanon's Divided FactionsTIME
Saudi-Funded French Weapons Sent To Lebanon To Destroy HezbollahMintpress News (registration) (blog)
Lebanon apologized to Washington for skipping anti-terror meetingYa Libnan
Al-Bawaba (blog)
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North Lebanon Christian joins ISIS: report - The Daily Star Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:38:44 GMT

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North Lebanon Christian joins ISIS: report
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: "Jack," a 28-year-old from north Lebanon, has become the second known Christian in the country to join Islamic jihadis, a report said Thursday. 'Jack,' who is more commonly known as Charlie Haddad, hails from the Zahrieh neighborhood in Tripoli ...

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Before Frisco, settlers found home in the town of Lebanon - Dallas Morning News Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:47:50 GMT

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Before Frisco, settlers found home in the town of Lebanon
Dallas Morning News
Because the land was green and full of cedar trees, they named their settlement Lebanon after the Holy Land country known for its similar landscape. They pronounced it “Leb-nun,” a pronunciation that has stuck. Over the next few decades, they built a ...

ISIS seeks wider presence in Lebanon with fugitives' help - The Daily Star Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:16:43 GMT

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ISIS seeks wider presence in Lebanon with fugitives' help
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: ISIS is planning to expand its presence in Lebanon with the help of fugitive Shadi Mawlawi, intelligence reports say. Mawlawi has been supervising the training of ISIS cells in the Tawar neighborhood of Ain al-Hilweh, a Palestinian refugee camp ...

Business in Lebanon - The Economist Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:47:10 GMT

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Business in Lebanon
The Economist
SERIOUS business disputes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are normally settled one way—the bosses simply hire gunmen to sort things out. For informal-sector mainstays such as hashish production, kidnapping for ransom and currency counterfeiting, the way of ...
Bekaa Valley gunmen release busdriver after brief kidnappingThe Daily Star

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Syrian refugee children work to live in Lebanon - Mashable Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:35:45 GMT

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Syrian refugee children work to live in Lebanon
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Of the more than 1 million Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon, more than half are children. Ongoing clashes between the Islamic State militant group and Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party have forced nearly 4 million Syrians to flee to other ...
New restrictions won't solve Lebanon's Syria problemAl Jazeera America
Police detain ISIS suspect in east Lebanon hospital: reportThe Daily Star
Syria's youth rebuild life in Lebanon's Bekaa ValleyMiddle East Monitor
UN News Centre -UNHCR (press release)
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Political impasse stops Lebanon exploiting oil resources - BBC News Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:38:25 GMT

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Political impasse stops Lebanon exploiting oil resources
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The announcement was supposed to bring with it the magical solution for many of Lebanon's ills, among them chronic public debt, power shortages and poor public services. Back then, the prospect of major oil discoveries off the Mediterranean coast ...

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Lebanon rejects shipment of 'radioactive' cell phone covers - The Daily Star Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:25:38 GMT

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Lebanon rejects shipment of 'radioactive' cell phone covers
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon has rejected a shipment of cell phone covers from China after tests revealed that they were radioactive, Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil said Thursday. He called on the Customs Department at Beirut Airport to send back a shipment of ...

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