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Nikki Haley says UN commander in Lebanon 'blind' to illegal arms trafficking - The Guardian Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:58:00 GMT

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Nikki Haley says UN commander in Lebanon 'blind' to illegal arms trafficking
The Guardian
US ambassador Nikki Haley sharply criticised the UN peacekeeping commander in Lebanon on Friday, saying he is “blind” to the spread of illegal arms and reiterating a call for the force to do more about it. He says there is no evidence it is actually ...
US ambassador rebukes head of UN peacekeepers in LebanonWashington Post
US envoy Haley rips UN troop commander in LebanonMiddle East Eye
UN chief peacekeeper in Lebanon slammed by US envoy but backed by UNXinhua
The Daily Star
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Sporting KC forward Soony Saad to join Lebanon for AFC Asian Cup qualifier - Sporting Kansas City Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:43:20 GMT

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting KC forward Soony Saad to join Lebanon for AFC Asian Cup qualifier
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City forward Soony Saad has been named to the Lebanon Men's National Team for the resumption of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification. Saad will join Lebanon for the second time in 2017 as the Cedars travel to face North Korea on Tuesday ...


Lebanon's refugee crisis will fuel construction sector growth - The National Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:56:43 GMT

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Lebanon's refugee crisis will fuel construction sector growth
The National
“Given the scale of Lebanon's investment needs and the anticipated availability of international donor funding to finance infrastructure projects we hold a positive view of Lebanon's construction sector growth outlook,” BMI Research said adding that ...


To Connect With The Community, Lebanon, NH Police Go On Ice Cream Patrol - Vermont Public Radio Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:55:51 GMT

To Connect With The Community, Lebanon, NH Police Go On Ice Cream Patrol
Vermont Public Radio
On a recent sweltering August afternoon Officer Amy Jerome and Lieutenant Matt Isham drove around Lebanon neighborhoods on patrol. They wore their uniforms and could be ready for action at any moment. But their police car had illustrations of ice cream ...


Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan Fight Against Rapists' Impunity - The Wire Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:44:10 GMT

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Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan Fight Against Rapists' Impunity
The Wire
Rome: The top UN human rights official hailed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that used to allow rapists to avoid criminal prosecution by marrying their victims. “To punish a rape victim by making her marry the perpetrator of a ...
UN human rights chief welcomes rape law reform in Lebanon, Tunisia, JordanUN News Centre

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Lebanese beauty queen visits Israel, loses her title - The Jerusalem Post Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:37:30 GMT

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Lebanese beauty queen visits Israel, loses her title
The Jerusalem Post
According to the Independent, the Swedish-Lebanese winner of the Miss Lebanon Emigrant contestant was able to visit her southern neighbor with her Swedish passport. Lebanon is in a state of war with Israel, so the Lebanese government has made it ...

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Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Siege Offers Counterterrorism Lessons - New York Times Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:44:04 GMT

New York Times

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Siege Offers Counterterrorism Lessons
New York Times
Police radios crackled to life: someone was shooting inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. The gunman — an “active shooter,” in police parlance — was spraying bullets from a semiautomatic rifle at doctors and others, moving toward the roof and ...


UN force in Lebanon pushes back after US, Israeli criticism - The ... - Washington Post Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:22:30 GMT

Washington Post

UN force in Lebanon pushes back after US, Israeli criticism - The ...
Washington Post
The head of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon is pushing back after U.S. and Israeli criticism of the mission, saying Wednesday that his force has no evidence that ...
UN force in Lebanon pushes back after US, Israeli criticismNew Zealand Herald
Opposing US, France says no need to change UN Lebanon force mandateThe Times of Israel

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Islamic State asks Hezbollah, Syrian Army for withdrawal from Syria-Lebanon border: source - Reuters Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:05:20 GMT

Reuters

Islamic State asks Hezbollah, Syrian Army for withdrawal from Syria-Lebanon border: source
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State has asked the Syrian Army and its ally Hezbollah to let it withdraw from Syria's border with Lebanon to the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, an official in the pro-Assad military alliance said on Thursday. Syrian ...
Lebanon PM says victory over Islamic State is nearMinneapolis Star Tribune
Syrian officer: Anti-IS fight near Lebanon border soon overWashington Post
ISIS virtually finished in Lebanon as Hezbollah, Syrian Army speed up offensive – Map updateAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)

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Hezbollah seizes much of Islamic State enclave on Syrian-Lebanese border: Nasrallah - Reuters Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:24:58 GMT

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Hezbollah seizes much of Islamic State enclave on Syrian-Lebanese border: Nasrallah
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah has captured much of an Islamic State pocket on Syria's side of the border with Lebanon in a joint offensive with the Syrian army, its leader said on Thursday. In parallel with the fighting, talks on a truce have begun with ...
Syria, Hizbullah agree to allow ISIS to withdraw from Syria-Lebanon borderWorld Tribune
Hezbollah cheers as anti-IS fight at Lebanon border nears end | The ...The Times of Israel
Hezbollah seizes much of ISIS enclave on Syrian side of Lebanon borderThe Jerusalem Post
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