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Syria supports Lebanese approval of UN text 
Khaleej Times - Aug 13 10:32 AM
DAMASCUS - Syria backed Lebanon s approval of a UN resolution aimed at ending hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah but also expressed reservations on the text, official media said Sunday.Bush hails UN resolution on Lebanon, blames Iran, Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 9:52 AM
US President George W. Bush praised a UN resolution aimed at ending the Lebanon crisis and blamed Hezbollah, Iran and Syria for starting an "unwanted war" in the region.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-13 19:30 GMT: Syria supports Lebanese approval of UN resolution Interactive Investor - Aug 13 12:00 PM
DAMASCUS (AFX) - Syria backed Lebanon's approval of a UN resolution aimed at ending hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah but also expressed reservations on the text, official media said.Syria supports Lebanese approval of UN resolution Sharewatch - Aug 13 11:19 AM
\"Syria supports Lebanon\'s unanimous decision as well as official Lebanese reservations about UN Security Council Resolution 1701,\" an anonymous Syrian official was quoted by the official SANA news agency as saying.Syria still transferring supply of rockets, missiles to Hezbollah Haaretz Daily - Aug 13 7:50 AM
Syria continues its efforts to transfer large quantities of war materiel, including rockets, to Lebanon, in an effort to assist Hezbollah in its war against Israel, a senior Israel Defense Forces source told Haaretz on Saturday.Israel-Hezbollah truce will strike blow to Syria, Iran Canada.com - Aug 13 4:48 AM
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President George Bush said the United Nations resolution to halt the fighting between Israel and Lebanon will stop Hezbollah from acting as a "state within a state" and deal a severe blow to the efforts of Syria and Iran to exert influence in the Middle East.Army Intel Chief: Syria and Iran Will Continue to Arm Hizbullah Israel National News - Aug 13 7:14 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The head of IDF military intelligence, Gen. Amos Yadlin, said at today s cabinet meeting that Syria and Iran will continue to transfer arms to Hizbullah, despite Security Council Resolution 1701 which calls for a ceasefire.Syria and Iran: no talking to the devil Radio Netherlands - Aug 13 3:39 AM
Israel and the United States both believe that the Jewish State is not at war with Hizbollah alone, but that Syria and Iran are loitering in the background. US calls on Syria, Iran to honor UN resolution on Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 11 5:16 PM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in a bid to end a month of fighting between their ally Hezbollah and Israel.Syria slams Bush's remarks NDTV - Aug 12 8:24 AM
Syria has criticised US President George Bush's remarks that Washington was "at war with Islamic fascists," saying the comments point to a new era of targeting Muslims.Israel pounds border crossings to Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 11 8:23 AM
Israeli airstrikes pounded south Beirut and border crossings to Syria, killing at least 14 people across Lebanon as ground fighting picked up intensity in the south.Kasuri to visit Syria, Lebanon The Pakistan Link - Aug 12 12:31 PM
ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri is scheduled to attend a series of high-level meetings in Syria and Lebanon to discuss Israeli aggression in the Middle East.Bush hails UN resolution on Lebanon, blames Iran, Syria Khaleej Times - Aug 12 7:17 AM
CRAWFORD,Texas - US President George W. Bush on Saturday praised a UN resolution aimed at ending the Lebanon crisis and blamed Hezbollah, Iran and Syria for starting an unwanted war in the region.Israel blasts key bridge to Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 11 5:31 AM
Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Hezbollah positions Friday in attempts to gain unchallenged command of strategic high ground and disrupt guerrilla rocket attacks across the border. In far north Lebanon, Israeli jets blasted a key bridge to Syria and killed at least 12 people.Fundamentally Freund: Will Iran & Syria Get Away with Murder? Israel National News - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Irrespective of whether the UN-mandated ceasefire in Lebanon holds up in the coming days, a grave injustice has already been done to the people of the region, and it can not be allowed to stand.Israel Pounds Border Crossings to Syria ABC News - Aug 11 8:48 AM
Israel Pounds Border Crossings to Syria and Kills 14 Across Lebanon As Fighting IntensifiesPrepaid roaming service with Syria launched by Batelco AME Info - Aug 11 9:29 PM
Batelco has announced the commercial launch of a two-way Prepaid Roaming Service on a bilateral basis with Syriatel in Syria.US calls on Syria, Iran to honour UN resolution on Lebanon Khaleej Times - Aug 11 9:03 PM
UNITED NATIONS - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on Friday in a bid to end a month of fighting between their ally, Hezbollah, and Israel.Syria, Iran warned to honour UN plan The Australian - Aug 11 5:44 PM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council overnight in a bid to end a month of fighting between their ally, Hezbollah, and Israel.Israel Blasts Key Bridge to Syria ABC News - Aug 11 5:48 AM
12 Die As Israel Blasts Key Bridge to Syria; Israel Battles to Control Strategic High GroundWar in Lebanon: Pros and Cons of Talking with Syria Voice of America - Aug 11 6:50 AM
With the war in Lebanon entering it fifth week, some Middle East specialists and former policymakers are calling for the U.S. administration to talk with Syria about reining in Hezbollah.Peace team traces trail of destruction INQ7.net - Aug 13 12:19 PM
BEIRUT, LEBANON -- The wounds of war were evident shortly after we crossed the Syria-Lebanon border at 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 12. At Haissa, we came across the ruins of a bridge hit by Israeli warplanes just the day before. Villagers told us 12 people were killed and 10 wounded -- all civilians.Syria unearths archaeological site as another is looted The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 11 11:29 AM
Two of Syria's most famous sites from antiquity were in the country's news this week - one for the discovery of a Byzantine tomb and the other after the arrest of alleged looters trafficking in stolen artifacts.Syria calls for probe of Israel s attacks on civilians Khaleej Times - Aug 13 4:32 AM
DAMASCUS - Syrian media on Sunday called for an international enquiry into Israel s month-long destruction of civilians targets in Lebanon, two days after a UN resolution called for an end to the conflict.International community backs 1701 The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 13 12:12 PM
World powers spoke out in favor of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 on Sunday. In a telephone conversation between US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Saturday, Bush "expressed his view that Iran and Syria were arming Hizbullah in order to exert unwanted influence in Lebanon.CORRECTED-UNSC pushes Syria on Lebanon ties Tiscali - Aug 11 10:28 AM
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A divided U.N. Security Council on Wednesday pressed Syria to improve its diplomatic ties with Lebanon and clarify their shared border to help turn the page on decades of Syrian domination of its neighbour.In a Political Move, Lebanon Offers an Army That All of Its Sects Can Accept: Its Own New York Times - 26 minutes ago
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora s offer to send the Lebanese Army into the Hezbollah-dominated south proved central to breaking the diplomatic impasse over Israel s invasion.Israel reported to have ordered earlier truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Israel was reported to have ordered its army on Monday to begin observing a U.N.-brokered ceasefire hours before it was due to take effect at 0500 GMT to end a month-long war against Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas.500,000-liter delivery puts off fuel crisis - for now The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 13 12:10 PM
Several shipments of fuel imported from Syria arrived in Lebanon over the past week, partially alleviating some of the pressure on the country's hospitals and water-pumping stations that are suffering under the Israeli blockade. A 20-tanker convoy delivered 500,000 liters of fuel to the Cojeco company in Jiyye through a safe corridor.Bush welcomes UN Mideast resolution Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 6:55 AM
President Bush welcomed a U.N. resolution on Saturday aimed at stopping the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, saying the guerrilla group and its sponsors Iran and Syria had brought an "unwanted" war to the region.Israel pounds Beirut ahead of cease-fire AP via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes ago
Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped.Oil drops 1 pct on Mideast truce, Prudhoe Bay flow Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Oil prices slumped as much as 1 percent on Monday after BP said it would keep half its Prudhoe Bay oilfield pumping while it carries out pipeline repairs, and after the United Nations brokered a truce in the Middle East.Israel pounds Lebanon hours before UN truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:43 PM
Israeli warplanes and ground forces pounded southern Lebanon on Monday, pressing an offensive against Hizbollah guerrillas before a U.N.-brokered ceasefire designed to end the month-long war was due to begin at 0500 GMT.Iran leader says US and Europe face backlash from supporting Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:11 PM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States of "blindly supporting" Israel against Hezbollah and President George W. Bush of seeking to "solve everything with bombs", in a television interview.And what about Kennedy's assassination? Haaretz Daily - Aug 13 4:50 AM
In 30 days of war, the growl hasn't stopped for a second: Hezbollah is only a Syrian and Iranian puppet and, if we beat it, we beat Iran and Syria. Hezbollah is a replacement for a huge war, that war of civilizations that we so much wanted to grant ourselves and "the West," meaning Texas.Mideast battles rage ahead of cease-fire AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 5:04 PM
Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped. Hezbollah hit back with its heaviest rocket barrage of the war on northern Israel.Baalbek's Roman caves offer shelter from Israeli bombs AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 4:09 PM
As soon as she hears the roar of the Israeli planes overhead, Ghazala al-Solh grabs her three children and heads down to the Roman cave under her home in Lebanon's ancient city of Baalbek.15 civilians die in Israeli airstrikes AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 1:19 AM
Israeli missiles slammed into a village in southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing at least 15 civilians, Lebanese security officials said, while an attack in the north severely restricted access to the country's last open border crossing with Syria.LEBANON-SYRIA: Migrants flee conflict but face hardships IRIN - Aug 12 8:28 AM
TARTOUS, 12 Aug 2006 (IRIN) - In the Syrian governorate of Tartous on the Mediterranean coast, a group of Filipino women are spending their days in a shelter but they are dancing with joy.Barenboim leads concert for Mideast peace AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 12:47 PM
Argentine-born pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim gave a concert for peace dubbed "Music against Violence" in Madrid's Plaza Mayor to show solidarity with the victims of the Middle East conflict.Battles rage on eve of UN truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 2:27 PM
Israeli troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas across southern Lebanon on Sunday and air strikes battered Beirut's suburbs as the Israeli army pressed on with its offensive in the hours until a U.N.-brokered truce begins.U.S. policy: Moral clarity in the Mideast International Herald Tribune - Aug 13 9:49 AM
An American diplomacy that recognizes the Middle East's complexities may be more difficult to sell to the American people, but it would be more likely to succeed.Hezbollah, Hamas wage proxy war in Mideast The Pueblo Chieftain - Aug 13 5:08 AM
Richard Hallock is a retired Army officer, educator and business consultant living in Pueblo West. The Middle East is once again in deadly turmoil. It has been teetering on the edge since the early '70s, when Israel last whipped its Arab neighbor attackers - both sides poised for war. Since then neighbor governments - Egypt, Syria and Jordan - have decided that discretion, in this Hezbollah leader a hero to many Arabs AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 10:50 AM
Despite the terrible toll in death and destruction in Lebanon, even enemies and critics say the stature of Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, has risen dramatically from his guerrillas fighting toe-to-toe with the Israeli army.Hezbollah fires 250 rockets into Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 12:22 PM
Hezbollah fired more than 250 rockets into Israel on Sunday, the fiercest attack against northern Israel since the fighting began more than a month ago, the Israeli army reported. One Israeli man was killed.Syria hands over Iran-born Dutch activist to Iran IranMania.com - Aug 10 11:15 PM
LONDON, August 11 (IranMania) - Syria handed over in May to Tehran a Dutch citizen of Iranian origin, whose whereabouts have been unknown for almost three months, the Dutch foreign ministry said.Bush urges world leaders on the Mideast AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 11:43 AM
President Bush on Saturday urged world leaders to turn the words of a Mideast cease-fire deal into action, even as Israel expanded its air and ground campaign into Lebanon.Manteca family on a mission Manteca Bulletin - Aug 13 2:07 AM
Terrorist hotbeds that travelers fear, such as Egypt and Syria? They ve been there. Places that make headlines on a daily basis, such as Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon? They ve called them home.Hezbollah more revolutionary than terrorist The Daily Iberian - Aug 12 10:29 PM
I would like to review a lot of what Samir Irani said in his (or her) response to my evaluation of Hezbollah. In one paragraph, he or she says that Hezbollah has "financial backing from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria are responsible for the elimination of thousands of Lebanese Christians citizens."Oil Falls to 2-Week Low on Alaska Output, Cease-Fire in Lebanon Bloomberg.com - 9 minutes ago
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell to a two-week low in New York after BP Plc said it will keep half of the biggest U.S. field open during pipeline repairs and as Israeli and Hezbollah forces began a cease-fire in Lebanon.Israel planes attack in northern, eastern Lebanon Khaleej Times - Aug 12 9:17 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israeli warplanes struck targets in Lebanon s northern and eastern regions near the border w Syria early Sunday, a day before a UN cease-fire resolution was to go into effect.It's time to fight terrorism like a world war The Clarion-Ledger - Aug 13 3:22 AM
It seems as if the third world war has begun in earnest, and we Americans have no interest in it. What's at stake is the future of the human race. The axis consists of visible, organized enemies (Iran, Syria) and guerrilla terror groups (Hezbollah, Hamas, Fatah) as well as fascist Islam.Battles Rage As Cease-Fire Nears CBS News - 8 minutes ago
As the countdown progresses toward a U.N.-brokered cease-fire in the Middle East, both sides launched what may be the final salvos in the month-long war. Israeli airstrikes pounded Lebanon, and Hezbollah fired more than 250 rockets into Israel.Oil Falls to 2-Week Low on Alaska Output, Cease-Fire in Lebanon Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell to a two-week low in New York after BP Plc said it will keep half of the biggest U.S. field open during pipeline repairs and as Israeli and Iranian- backed Hezbollah forces began a cease-fire in Lebanon.One month later in Lebanon International Herald Tribune - Aug 13 9:49 AM
The resolution that the United Nations Security Council finally passed will have to be put into effect as quickly and thoroughly as possible, and must lead to a lasting political solution that can avoid future conflicts.Israel approves truce, continues barrage AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 9:07 AM
After a stormy debate Sunday, Israel's Cabinet approved a Mideast cease-fire, agreeing to silence the army's guns in less than 24 hours. The Israeli military embarked on a last-minute push to devastate Hezbollah guerrillas, rocketing south Beirut with at least 20 missiles.Oil Falls to 2-Week Low on Alaska Output, Cease-Fire in Lebanon Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell to a two-week low in New York after BP Plc said it will keep half of the biggest U.S. field open and as Israeli and Iranian-backed Hezbollah forces fighting in Lebanon prepare for a cease-fire.Israel to Begin Cease-Fire Hours Before Deadline, Haaretz Says Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the Israeli army to observe a United Nations brokered cease-fire with the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah six hours before the agreed deadline, Haaretz newspaper reported.Suzanne Nossel: You Say You Got A Resolution: What's Next For Lebanon? HuffingtonPost - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
Tomorrow morning the UN negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will enter into force. This represents a long-awaited milestone, and yet leaves open as many questions as it answers. We've talked before about how these much-heralded international agreements sometimes wind up doing little more than paper over differences that just burst back open as deeply as ever. Will that happen Peres Speaks of the Terror Quartet Israel National News - Aug 13 3:12 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Vice Premier Shimon Peres told a forum of Kadima Party cabinet ministers that the State of Israel must not sink into a war of Jews we must continue the battle for world public opinion against the Terror Quartet, namely Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbullah. Israel Presses Into Lebanon Ahead of Truce New York Times - Aug 13 9:16 AM
Weeks of fighting intensified before a truce approved by the Israeli cabinet today goes into effect on Monday morning.In Mideast, cease-fire is a start The Christian Science Monitor - Aug 13 5:22 PM
The cease-fire is set to take effect at 8 a.m. Monday, though fighting continued Sunday between Israel and Hizbullah. Relief convoys head south Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 8:56 AM
Relief agencies sent convoys toward southern Lebanon on Sunday, hoping a planned truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas would mean rapid improvement in the humanitarian crisis there.Israeli Cabinet Approves U.N. Cease-Fire Deal Washington Post - Aug 13 7:55 AM
The truce reportedly is to take effect Monday morning, but ongoing warfare suggests that month-old conflict will not end immediately.Israeli Cabinet Approves U.N. Cease-Fire Deal Washington Post - Aug 13 7:49 AM
JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 -- The Israeli cabinet voted Sunday to accepted a U.N. -- declared cease-fire, even as the fiercest ground fighting of the war continued in southern Lebanon and Israel launched new air strikes on southern Lebanon.Israel military push ahead of cease-fire The Christian Science Monitor - Aug 13 5:27 PM
The break in hostilities is seen by many in Israel as a closing of the window to wage war on Hizbullah. Israel approves UN cease-fire pact International Herald Tribune - Aug 13 6:49 AM
The vote came a day after the Lebanese government approved the agreement. There has been no dissent from the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah.Abbott expands AIDS program Chicago Tribune - Aug 13 4:37 PM
Under criticism for pricing of its AIDS drugs, Abbott Laboratories on Sunday added 45 countries to its preferential pricing program-reaching beyond just the poorest of nations in the world to the "low- to low-middle income." Israel ups attacks ahead of truce MSNBC - Aug 12 5:08 AM
Israeli warplanes launched wide-ranging airstrikes and sent commandos into the Hezbollah heartland Saturday as officials raced to turn a U.N. cease-fire blueprint into action. The raids killed at least 15 people in one village and blasted a highway near the last open border crossing to Syria. The murder of American values in Lebanon The Christian Science Monitor - Aug 13 5:26 PM
Support for American values, and Lebanon, is eroding under attack. Annan: Mideast cease-fire starts Monday AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:10 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that a cease-fire in the Hezbollah-Israel fighting will take effect at 8 a.m. Lebanese time (1 a.m. EDT) Monday.Battles rage in Lebanon on eve of truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:10 AM
Israeli troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas across southern Lebanon on Sunday and warplanes bombarded Beirut's southern suburbs, a day before a truce brokered at the United Nations was due to begin.Israel approves UN ceasefire resolution AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 5:23 AM
The Israeli cabinet endorsed a UN resolution calling for an end to the month-long war in Lebanon, which a growing number of critics argue the Jewish state has failed to convert into victory.RPG-29 To Blame In Lebanon by Viktor Litovkin UPI Outside View Commentator Moscow (UPI) Aug 11, 2006 Space War - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter and Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Hezbollah was using modern anti-tank weapons of Russian make, specifically the RPG-29 Vampirs with a tandem warhead.Israeli cabinet to vote on cease-fire AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 4:29 AM
Israel's Cabinet met Sunday to approve a U.N. cease-fire plan despite widespread concerns among Israelis about reaching a truce with Hezbollah guerrillas who have not been subdued and have inflicted heavy losses on Israeli troops.Tea prices will be hit if clash escalates to ME Sunday Observer - Aug 12 1:29 PM
Syria and Iran are being directly spoken of in the Lebanon-Israeli conflict, and with it, the chances of the clash escalating into the Middle Eastern region, which is the prime regional market for Ceylon tea, deepens.Twenty-four Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 3:28 AM
The Israeli army said that 24 of its soldiers had been killed in a series of clashes with the Hezbollah militia as it expanded its ground operations in south Lebanon.Iranian Advisers Influence Course of Lebanon/Israel Conflict Aviation Now - 13 minutes ago
The Iranian government has a cadre of "hundreds" of technical advisers in Lebanon that trained, and continue to support, Hezbollah forces in the use of sophisticated anti-ship and anti-tank missiles and unmanned aircraft.Israeli planes pound Lebanon before truce Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 25 minutes ago
Israel launched new air strikes on Lebanon on Monday less than two hours before a U.N.-brokered truce was due to go into effect at 6 a.m.Statement Of UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman On Lebanon Medical News Today - Aug 12 4:04 PM
Humanitarian access is urgently needed to reach families and children who are affected by the crisis in the Middle East. Over 900,000 people have fled their homes in Lebanon, many of whom are living in temporary shelters and schools, while nearly 180,000 refugees have crossed the border into Syria.Many children have been killed or injured in the conflict. [click link for full article]Archaeological finds in Syria -- looters and a tomb AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 10:10 AM
Two of Syria's most famous sites from antiquity were in the country's news this week -- one for the discovery of a Byzantine tomb and the other after the arrest of alleged looters trafficking in stolen artefacts.Hezbollah Leader a Hero to Many Arabs ABC News - Aug 13 11:18 AM
Hezbollah's Resistance Against Israel Has Made Its Leader, Nasrallah, a Hero to Many ArabsIsraeli Cabinet Endorses UN Resolution for Cease-Fire (Update4) Bloomberg.com - Aug 13 1:14 PM
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Israel today endorsed a United Nations resolution to call a cease-fire with Hezbollah, while intensifying its offensive in southern Lebanon to weaken Hezbollah's ability to fire rockets across the border.PREVIEW-Soccer-Lebanon's absence clouds Asian Cup qualifiers Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - 38 minutes ago
TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Crisis-hit Lebanon's enforced withdrawal from the Asian Cup qualifying competition has cast a dark cloud over Wednesday's round of matches.Israel pushes into Lebanon before truce International Herald Tribune - Aug 13 1:34 AM
As Israel poured troops into Lebanon, Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, announced that a cease-fire would take effect on Monday morning.Bush hails UN orders on Lebanon, blames Iran IranMania.com - Aug 12 2:30 PM
LONDON, August 13 (IranMania) - US President George W Bush praised a UN resolution aimed at ending the Lebanon crisis and blamed Hezbollah, Iran and Syria for starting an "unwanted war" in the region, AFP reported.Syria's warm welcome to Lebanese BBC News - Aug 09 5:09 PM
Refugees from Lebanon are finding a warm welcome in Syria despite the two nations' troubled history.Israel approves cease-fire but heavy fighting rages on in final hours Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 33 minutes ago
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal yesterday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped.Israel pounds Lebanon before UN truce The Age - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Israel has launched air strikes on southern Lebanon on Monday, pressing an offensive against Hizbollah in the hours before a UN-brokered ceasefire designed to end the month-long war takes effect at 0800 local time (1500 AEST).Israeli troops surge into south Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 11:35 PM
More Israeli troops surged into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and engaging in some of the heaviest combat of the monthlong war just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a cease-fire plan. Israel lost 19 soldiers its highest one-day toll.Syria's warm welcome BBC News - Aug 09 4:26 PM
Families fleeing war-torn Lebanon find refuge in neighbouring Syria.Israel should pay reparations Aspen Daily News - 15 minutes ago
Judith King (Aspen Daily News, Aug. 8) says Israel really wants peace.Ceasefire agreed for Monday Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 11:43 PM
The United Nations said Israeli and Lebanese leaders had agreed to a ceasefire to take effect at 0500 GMT on Monday, as Israel reported its worst death toll yet in the month-long war against Hizbollah guerrillas.Israel pounds Lebanon hours before UN truce Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 13 4:53 PM
Israel launched air strikes in eastern Lebanon as it pressed its offensive against Hizbollah in the hours before a U.N.-brokered truce begins on Monday aimed at ending a month-long war.Israel PM orders withdrawal to start The Age - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had ordered the army to observe a ceasefire with Lebanon from 2am (0900 AEST) today except in self-defence, Haaretz newspaper's website said.Israeli press frowns on ceasefire plan BBC News - Aug 13 5:40 AM
The Israeli press is unenthusiastic about a UN-backed ceasefire in Lebanon.Israel's Cabinet Approves UN Cease-Fire Resolution (Update3) Bloomberg.com - Aug 13 10:20 AM
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Israel today approved a United Nations resolution aimed at ending more than a month of fighting with Hezbollah, while intensifying its offensive in southern Lebanon to remove the threat of Hezbollah rocket attacks.Stephen Elliott: My Middle East Vacation HuffingtonPost - Aug 13 9:32 AM
I just returned from two weeks in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. I also walked about 20 feet into Lebanon behind a convoy of Caterpillar D9s and artillery. This was my second trip to the region and it was much less assuring than the first, which was also at a bad time - August, 2001 - the height of the second Intifada. More than ever there is a failure among Israelis and Palestinians to Transcript: Connecticut Senate Candidate Ned Lamont on 'FNS' Fox News - Aug 13 9:58 AM
Winner of Democratic primary says his victory shows that voters think Iraq has been a distraction in the War on Terror; suggests opponent Sen. Joe Lieberman is coordinating with White House ahead of general election.Israeli air strikes continue News From Bangladesh - Aug 12 11:22 AM
Israeli fighter bombers shot missiles at the bridge in the Akkar plain, near the border with Syria, and returned for a second strike when residents had gone onto the bridge to inspect the damage.