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Syria accuses Israel of bombing Qaa intentionally 
Khaleej Times - 16 minutes ago
DAMASCUS - Syria late Saturday accused Israel of having intentionally bombed the Lebanese village of Qaa near the Syrian border where 28 people, mostly Syrians, were killed, the official Sana news agency reported.Syria demands compensation for 26 citizens killed in Israeli air raid CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 05 2:05 PM
JANDIRES, Syria (AP) - Grief and shock swept through a small, impoverished village in northwestern Syria on Saturday as it buried 23 of its people who were killed when Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse just across the border in Lebanon.Syria and Iran at Odds by James Dunnigan August 6, 2006 Strategy Page - 10 minutes ago
While Syria is rather strongly allied with Iran in supporting Hizbollah in Lebanon, this alliance is not so strong when it comes to the complex Iraqi situation.Israel cuts Lebanon's last route to Syria The Arizona Republic - Aug 05 3:31 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday, including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.US jabs Iran, Syria, as seeks UN Lebanon resolution AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 11:02 AM
The United States issued a new rebuke to Iran and Syria accusing them of directing Hezbollah, as it said agreement on a UN resolution on the conflict in Lebanon was moving ever closer.Israel severs Lebanon road link to Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 8:51 AM
Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria.Lebanon road to Syria cut Detroit Free Press - Aug 05 12:05 AM
BEIRUT -- Israeli warplanes destroyed four key bridges on Lebanon's last untouched highway Friday, severing the country's final major connection to Syria and deepening its isolation.28 farmers killed in Israeli air raids on Lebanon-Syria border Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 05 9:14 AM
Israel - Syria Four Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigeration house where farm workers were loading vegetables near the Lebanon-Syria border on Friday, killing at least 28 people.Israel destroys Lebanon's last major tie to Syria Coos Bay World Link - Aug 05 11:08 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air strikes Friday - including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket strike inside Israel to date.Syria-Lebanon Road Targeted in Israeli Strike NPR - Aug 04 2:51 PM
In its offensive against Lebanon-based Hezbollah, Israel has bombed the main highway north of Beirut, which leads to Syria. The Israeli military says the attacks were meant to stop the flow of weapons from Syria to Hezbollah. Melissa Block talks with Imad Moustapha, Syria's ambassador to the United States.Israel severs Lebanon-Syria artery Tracy Press - Aug 05 5:10 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday including bombing raids that severed Lebanon s last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.Israel Severs Lebanon Road Link to Syria ABC News - Aug 04 10:09 AM
Israel Expands Its Assault on Lebanon and Severs the Last Significant Road Link to SyriaLebanon conflict gives Syria chance to end isolation Financial Times - Aug 04 7:09 PM
The conflict in Lebanon is offering Syria a rare opportunity to break out of its international isolation, as some European governments start looking to Damascus to help resolve the crisis.Critics Cite 'Constrained' Mideast Policy Washington Post - 52 minutes ago
The Bush administration's policy of refusing to engage with nations and groups linked to terrorism, including Syria, Iran and Palestinian factions, has sharply limited U.S. maneuvering room during the war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to former administration officials and outside experts.U.S. official attacks Iran, Syria on Lebanon crisis People's Daily - Aug 04 9:43 PM
U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns sharply attacked Iran and Syria on Friday for stirring the latest crisis in Lebanon, U.S. media reported.Israelis kill 28 farm workers in airstrike near Lebanon-Syria border The Jamaica Observer - Aug 04 11:33 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Four Israeli missiles yesterday slammed into a refrigerated warehouse where farm workers were loading vegetables near the Lebanon-Syria border yesterday, killing at least 28 people, according to officials at the Syrian hospitals where the dead and wounded were taken.Israel severs Lebanon s last supply link with Syria Helena Independent Record - Aug 04 10:50 PM
Hezbollah sends deepest rocket strike yet BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday including bombing raids that severed Lebanon s last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.Israel Severs Lebanon Road Link to Syria San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 04 8:32 AM
Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria. Hezbollah renewed attacks on northern Israel, killing two civilians in a... Qatar Airways' extra Syria service continues Zawya - Aug 04 11:34 PM
04 August 2006 Doha - Due to the ongoing security situation in Lebanon, Qatar Airways continues to operate a series of extra flights to neighbouring Syria.Syria promises to use all its influence on Hezbollah: Moratinos AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 03 12:40 PM
Syria has promised to use all of its influence on Hezbollah in a bid to bring an end to the fighting in neighboring Lebanon, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said.Syria Blames US Admin For Israeli Missile Attack Deaths CattleNetwork.com - Aug 04 5:01 PM
BEIRUT (AP)--Syria blamed the U.S. administration late Friday for the deaths of 23 Syrians from four Israeli missiles that slammed into a refrigerated warehouse where farm workers were loading vegetables near the Lebanon-Syria border.Israel goes for the kill: Destroys Lebanon's last major road link to Syria The Economic Times - Aug 04 3:46 PM
BEIRUT: Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland, north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria. Hezbollah renewed attacks on northern Israel, killing two civilians in a barrage of 120 rockets.Haya visits Lebanese refugees in Syria Gulf News - Aug 04 2:21 PM
Damascus: Princess Haya Bint Al Hussain, Wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador, yesterday joined James Morris, WFP Executive Director, on a one-day visit of Lebanese refugees in Syria.Syria condemns Israeli "massacre" in Lebanese village al-Qaa People's Daily - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal accused Israel of carrying out "massacre" in the northeastern Lebanese village of al-Qaa where at least 30 Syrians were killed, the official SANA news agency reported on Saturday.Italy, Syria call for immediate Lebanon ceasefire Khaleej Times - Aug 04 11:00 AM
DAMASCUS - The foreign ministers of Italy and Syria, Massimo D Alema and Walid al-Muallem, on Friday agreed to call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel s assault on Lebanon, the official SANA news agency reported.WFP feeding upto 11,000 Lebanese in Syria Khaleej Times - Aug 04 11:00 AM
DAMASCUS - The World Food Programme is distributing some three tonnes of bread each day to between 7,000 and 11,000 Lebanese refugees in Syria, its director James Morris told reporters on Friday.Syria: Christians Praise Nasrallah India Daily - Aug 04 10:59 AM
Christians in Syria have rallied around Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, calling him a selfless patriot and "the uncrowned Arab king," Reuters reported Aug. 4. Syria has a Christian population of approximately 18 million.Syria buries 26 killed in Israeli raid on Lebanon Stuff - Aug 05 3:35 PM
DAMASCUS: Twenty three Syrians, killed by an Israeli raid on Lebanon, were buried on Saturday as the Syrian government sent a formal protest to the United Nations over what one minister called "a fascist massacre".Farm workers killed in air strike near Syria Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Aug 04 7:30 AM
An Israeli air strike on a village close to Lebanon's border with Syria has killed at least 27 farm workers. A Lebanese civil defence spokesman says the workers were filling a refrigerated container with boxes of fruit and vegetables on a farm.Syrian Village Buries Airstrike Victims phillyburbs.com - 31 minutes ago
JANDIRES, Syria - In stunned disbelief, this small, impoverished Syrian village on Saturday buried 23 of its own killed when Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse just across the border in Lebanon.Lebanon seeks emergency oil supplies from Turkey: minister AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 1:26 AM
Lebanon has asked Turkey for urgent supplies of petroleum products and Turkish companies are currently considering a route for shipments via Syria.Lebanon oil spill spreads to Syria coast Gulf Times - Aug 04 3:22 AM
NAIROBI: Oil leaking from a bombed power station in Lebanon has reached the coastline of neighbouring Syria and is spreading north, the Kenya-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said.Israel severs Lebanon's last major tie to Syria Detroit News - Aug 04 10:54 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israeli forces killed 33 agricultural workers in northeast Lebanon Friday in a wave of airstrikes that also severed Lebanon's last major highway link to the outside.Syrian village buries airstrike victims Syracuse.com - 13 minutes ago
JANDIRES, Syria (AP) In stunned disbelief, this small, impoverished Syrian village on Saturday buried 23 of its own killed when Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse just across the border in Lebanon.Syria Blames Israel for Massacre Israel National News - 24 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem called the IDF attack in the Qana area a premeditated act, blaming Israel for the massacre in Qana, in which tens of civilians were killed.Syria promises to help end Lebanon fighting: Moratinos Borneo Bulletin - Aug 03 11:21 PM
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria has promised to use all its influence on Hizbollah in a bid to end the fighting in neighboring Lebanon, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Thursday.60 Syrians killed by Israeli bombing ArabicNews.com - 30 minutes ago
Israeli war planes heavily bombed a residential complex in Syria's Al-Qa'a border township with Lebanon, martyring some fifty innocent Syrian factory workers, including their family members.Damascus writes to UN on Israeli "massacre" against Syrians, Lebanese People's Daily - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Syria on Saturday sent two letters to the United Nations on the "massacre" perpetrated by Israel Friday in the Lebanese northern Bekaa town of al-Qaa against Syrian and Lebanese workers.Israeli Air Raids Destroy Bridges North of Beirut New York Times - Aug 04 8:01 PM
The attacks seemed aimed at arms routes from Syria. Despite the bombardments, Hezbollah shot off another 200 rockets at Israel.Israel accused 'intentional' attack News Interactive - Aug 05 5:21 PM
SYRIA has accused Israel overnight of having "intentionally" bombed the Lebanese village of Qaa near the Syrian border where 28 people, mostly Syrians, were killed, the official Sana news agency reported.Israel Cuts Lebanon's Last Supply Link CBS News - Aug 05 7:07 AM
Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes, including bombings that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.Qatar Airways extra Syria service continues The Peninsula - Aug 03 5:57 PM
doha Due to the ongoing security situation in Lebanon, Qatar Airways continues to operate a series of extra flights to neighbouring Syria.Spanish FM says Syria ready to play positive role in ending Lebanon crisis People's Daily - Aug 03 4:59 PM
Visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos said on Thursday in Damascus that Syria would play a positive role in bringing about solutions to get out of the crisis in Lebanon.Lebanon oil spill reaches Syria News Interactive - Aug 03 12:06 PM
OIL leaking from a bombed power station in Lebanon has reached the coastline of neighbouring Syria and is spreading north, the Kenya-based United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said.Engaging Syria helps prevent wider conflict Gulf News - Aug 03 2:09 PM
For the past three weeks, since Israel launched its military operation against Lebanon, Syria's role in the current conflict and US policy towards Damascus have become matters of controversy in Washington.Satellite images spy ancient history in Syria PhysOrg - Aug 03 1:24 PM
Ancient human settlements in Syria have been revealed in declassified spy satellite images by a small team of researchers led by ANU PhD student Mandy Mottram.Grief and shock sweeps through Syrian village Gulf News - Aug 05 3:08 PM
Jandires, Syria: Grief and shock swept through this small, impoverished village in northwestern Syria yesterday as it buried 23 of its people who were killed when Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse just across the border in Lebanon.465 OFWs in Damascus for flight home -- report INQ7.net - 7 minutes ago
THE 465 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who left war-torn Lebanon via an alternate route to Syria on Saturday have arrived in Damacus and are waiting for a chartered plane to take them home, GMA Network s Flash Report said Sunday.Israel Severs Major Lebanon Supply Link ABC News - Aug 04 10:23 PM
Israel Severs Lebanon's Last Major Tie to Syria; Hezbollah Launches Deepest Rocket Strike YetDFA plans new escape route for Filipinos ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Aug 05 10:06 AM
Filipino workers fleeing Lebanon will be evacuated by boat from Beirut to Syria after the land routes out of Lebanon were bombed by Israeli jets Friday, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said Saturday.Lebanon Humanitarian Crisis Situation Report, WHO Medical News Today - Aug 05 1:15 PM
Situation Overview-- According to the Higher Relief Committee, the total number of dead is now 907, while the number of injured reached 3,293 with 913,760 people displaced. -- The main humanitarian corridor linking Lebanon to Syria for the transportation of supplies was interrupted by the recent air strikes. [click link for full article]Officials: 12 hurt, 28 dead in airstrike AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 04 11:19 AM
Four Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse where farm workers were loading vegetables Friday near the Lebanon-Syria border and at least 28 people were killed, officials said.Israel Severs Major Lebanon Supply Link ABC News - Aug 04 8:53 PM
Israel Cuts Lebanon's Key Supply Link With Syria; Hezbollah Launches Deepest Rocket Strike YetSpreading oil slick threatens neighbouring nations Gulf News - Aug 05 3:05 PM
London: An oil slick affecting more than 80km of the Lebanese coastline has reached Syria and could threaten Cyprus, Turkey and Greece if left unchecked.Hezbollah, Israel step up the fighting NorthJersey.com - Aug 05 5:46 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce airstrikes Friday -- including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket strike inside Israel to date.Israel cuts Lebanon's last major tie to Syria as militants fire more rockets CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 04 12:12 PM
BEIRUT (AP) - Israel's pounding of Hezbollah positions across Lebanon expanded Friday with missiles targeting bridges in the Christian heartland north of Beirut for the first time. A top UN aid official said air strikes on the main north-south highway risked cutting off Lebanon's "umbilical cord" to the world.Israel Extends Strikes North of Beirut, Hitting Village New York Times - Aug 04 10:01 AM
In the first Israeli strikes in the heartland of the country s Christian populace, four bridges and a village near the border with Syria were hit.Israel and US Looking for a Lebanon Pretext to Attack Iran Payvand Iran News - Aug 05 9:07 AM
The criminal war waged by Israel against Lebanon is the first stage of a regional war against Syria and Iran planned for months by the US and Israel with support from Tony Blair. Determined to widen the conflict by attacking Syria and Iran, the three aggressor countries Israel, the US and the UK, have firmly opposed and continue to oppose an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon -Abbas Edalat, CASMIIMideastFighting 12thLd-Writethru 08-04 1258 Provo Daily Herald - Aug 05 2:30 AM
Israel severs Lebanon's last major tie to Syria; Hezbollah sends deepest rocket strike yet Steven R. Hurst The Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday -- including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket U.S. activists call for troop withdrawal AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
"Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan and 14 other U.S. anti-war activists on Saturday joined Iraqi lawmakers in demanding a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.New escape route planned for Filipinos in Lebanon The Manila Times - Aug 05 8:29 AM
FILIPINO workers fleeing Lebanon will be evacuated by boat from Beirut to Syria after the land routes out of Lebanon were bombed by Israeli jets Friday, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said Saturday.Israel boosts airstrikes to block supply routes Contra Costa Times - Aug 05 3:23 AM
Israel expanded its air campaign against Lebanon on Friday in an apparent effort to prevent Hezbollah from receiving new supplies from Syria and Iran.Pondering, Discussing, Traveling Amid and Defending the Inevitable War New York Times - Aug 05 6:17 PM
My views of Israel.Israel urged to let aid get through Boston Globe - Aug 05 1:23 AM
The United Nations has protested to Israel over attacks on roads yesterday that have blocked the UN from delivering aid to Lebanese civilians in the south. The UN demanded that Israel allow aid corridors to be opened, a UN spokesman said. The bombing of bridges north of Beirut cut off the coastal highway to Syria, a key route ...Mideast fight ramps up despite diplomacy USA Today - 29 minutes ago
Israel and Hezbollah sharply intensified fighting Saturday with airstrikes, rocket attacks and brutal ground fighting an apparent bid to inflict maximum mutual damage even as the United States and France agreed on a draft U.N. resolution calling for a halt to the violence.Lebanon evacuation efforts resume ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Aug 05 4:36 AM
Some 465 Filipino workers from Beirut arrived in Lebanon-Damascus, Syria border Saturday after their repatriation was delayed due to the renewed Israeli military strikes that destroyed the escape routes used to evacuate them, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.Syria to help end Lebanon conflict iafrica.com - Aug 03 5:19 AM
Syria has promised to use all of its influence on Hezbollah in a bid to bring an end to the fighting in neighbouring Lebanon, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Thursday.Israeli strike hits farm warehouse Coos Bay World Link - Aug 05 11:09 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Four Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse where farm workers were loading vegetables near the Lebanon-Syria border on Friday, killing at least 28 people, according to officials at the Syrian hospitals where the dead and wounded were taken.700 Filipinos and Sri Lankans evacuated from Lebanon INQ7.net - Aug 05 5:38 AM
DAMASCUS--More than 700 Filipinos and Sri Lankans were evacuated from Lebanon Saturday after being trapped when Israeli air raids destroyed the road they were hoping to take into Syria, officials said.Syria vows to back end to clashes RTÉ News - Aug 03 3:26 AM
The Spanish Foreign Minister, who is visiting Syria, says Damascus has promised to use all of its influence on Hezbollah in an attempt bring an end to fighting in Lebanon.Syria's Christians rally behind Hizbollah Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News - Aug 04 8:03 AM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Seventy-seven-year-old Mona Muzaber lights a candle for Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah at the Orthodox Church of the Cross in the centre of Damascus.No let up in Lebanon war Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Israeli troops fought gun battles with Hizbollah in south Lebanon and warplanes hit roads and bridges across the country on Sunday, hours after the U.N. Security Council received a draft resolution to end the war.Spain obtains Syria pledge to broker peace in Middle East Expatica - Aug 03 7:52 AM
MADRID Spain s foreign minister says he has secured a promise from Syria that it will do all it can to help resolve the conflict in the Lebanon.Israel Warplanes Destroy Lebanon Bridges ABC News - Aug 04 3:39 PM
Israel Warplanes Destroy 4 Bridges on Lebanon Highway, Sever Country's Last Key Link to SyriaHezbollah's helping hands in Syria BBC News - Aug 02 12:52 PM
Hezbollah tells the BBC of its growing support in Syria, following the Israeli offensive in Lebanon.East and West must beware new Barbarians at the gates thebusinessonline.com - Aug 05 11:38 AM
WALID Phares, the brilliant scholar of terrorism, lived through the worst of times in Lebanon, the country where he was born. At the height of the civil war, he would make the perilous journey out of Lebanon in flimsy vessels that were easy targets for Syria s long-range missiles.After the Rockets, A Scourge of Fires Washington Post - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
ROSH PINNA, Israel, Aug. 5 -- Their day began at dawn and ended at dusk, and they landed only to refuel and reload. Artillery shells and rockets whizzed past their windscreens as they swooped and soared, dive-bombing targets near Israel's northern border Saturday.Israel Expands Lebanon Bombing CBS News - Aug 04 5:37 PM
In a sharp expansion of Israel's bombing of Lebanon, highway bridges were hit for the first time north of Beirut. Israel also continued striking southern Beirut. A Lebanese official says missiles killed 28 farm workers near the Lebanon-Syria border.U.N. draft seeks full halt to fighting AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
The U.S. and France agreed Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution that seeks a full halt to fighting in Lebanon, breaking a three-week impasse caused partly by Washington's refusal to press Israel to end its offensive against Hezbollah.The Beginning of the End of the Adventure New York Times - Aug 05 6:17 PM
Neocon interventions, R.I.P.Israel steps up air assault Kansas City Star - Aug 05 12:22 AM
Israel on Friday expanded its air campaign against Lebanon in an effort to prevent Hezbollah from receiving supplies from Syria and Iran.France and US present resolution to end Lebanon war AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
France and the United States have proposed a UN Security Council resolution demanding a "full cessation of hostilities" between Hezbollah and Israel but it was immediately rejected by Lebanon.Attacks aim to isolate Hezbollah The State - Aug 05 12:15 AM
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel expanded its air campaign against Lebanon on Friday in an apparent effort to prevent Hezbollah from getting new supplies from Syria and Iran.Sharon Set the Stage His Heir Reacts On New York Times - Aug 05 6:16 PM
If Israel s war with Hezbollah ends for Israel as badly as it has started, it could well mean a harsh coda to Ariel Sharon s life s work.U.S., France Agree To Cease-Fire Plan For Lebanon Washington Post - Aug 05 6:42 PM
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 5 -- The United States and France reached agreement Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution calling for "full cessation of hostilities" between Israel and Hezbollah and outlining initial steps to end their 25-day conflict.Analysis: Lebanon war hurting U.S. goals AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 5:56 PM
Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the Middle East lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of Iraq even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.Palestinian parliament speaker arrested AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 5:38 PM
Israeli forces arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament at his house in the West Bank early Sunday, and pressed their monthlong offensive in Gaza against Hamas.Evacuation from Lebanon resumes -- DFA INQ7.net - Aug 05 1:23 AM
THE evacuation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Lebanon resumed Saturday with a batch of 450 left Beirut Saturday through an alternate land route to Damascus, Syria, staging point for Philippine repatriation flight, Foreign Affairs spokesman Gilbert Asuque said.Israeli raid kills 26 farm workers in Lebanon close to Syria The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 04 10:29 AM
At least 26 people, mostly Syrians, were killed in Lebanon Friday and 20 others wounded when an Israeli air strike hit farm workers shifting boxes of fruit and vegetables, rescue services said. The workers included Lebanese but were mostly Syrian labourers who were packing the produce and taking it from a walk-in cooler to a waiting truck for export.UN Council receives US-French Middle East draft Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 05 4:08 PM
The United States and France completed on Saturday a U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling for a halt in fighting between Israel and Hizbollah militia as a first step toward a permanent peace.Israel Expands Lebanon Bombing, Hezbollah Reciprocates Los Angeles Times - Aug 04 12:42 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israeli warplanes destroyed four key bridges on Lebanon's last untouched highway today, severing the country's final major connection to Syria and deepening its isolation.As U.S. works on cease-fire, Israel, Hezbollah trade blows The Star-Ledger - Aug 04 9:41 PM
BEIRUT -- Israel and Hezbol lah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes yesterday -- including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket at tack inside Israel to date.Olmert Criticizes Syria, Defends Bush ABC News - Aug 02 10:38 AM
Olmert Criticizes Syria, Defends Bush in AP Interview; Says Israel 'Is Not Afraid of Fighting'Israeli air strikes cut off Beirut, divide Lebanon Duluth News Tribune - Aug 05 1:11 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israel expanded its air campaign against Lebanon on Friday in an apparent effort to prevent Hezbollah from receiving supplies from Syria and Iran.Turkey Lebanon seeks emergency oil supplies from Turkey: minister Khaleej Times - Aug 05 2:15 AM
ANKARA - Lebanon has asked Turkey for urgent supplies of petroleum products and Turkish companies are currently considering a route for shipments via Syria, a Turkish minister said on Saturday.RP seeks new escape routes for OFWs ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Aug 04 10:36 PM
Filipino workers fleeing Lebanon will be evacuated by boat from Beirut to Syria after their original escape routes were bombed by Israeli jets, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said Saturday.Lebanon seeks emergency oil supplies from Turkey: minister TODAYonline - Aug 05 1:51 AM
Lebanon has asked Turkey for urgent supplies of petroleum products and Turkish companies are currently considering a route for shipments via Syria. "Lebanon is asking urgently for petroleum products to be shipped from Turkey by land....Comments: 0 B92 - Aug 05 8:08 AM
There are no comments for this document. Déjà vu or something new? There is no way that Hezbollah will disarm or cease fighting unless the governments of Iran and Syria strongly encourage them to do so. Any efforts to accomplish that task without their involvement are ...Israeli jets kill 23 near Syria News Interactive - Aug 04 6:36 AM
AT least 23 people were killed Friday when an Israeli air strike hit workers who were filling a refrigerated container with boxes of fruit and vegetables in Lebanon close to the Syrian border, the civil defence service said.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-03 11:10 GMT: Syria promises to use all its influence on Hezbollah - Spanish FM Interactive Investor - Aug 03 3:42 AM
DAMASCUS (AFX) - Syria has promised to use all its influence on Hezbollah in a bid to bring an end to fighting in Lebanon, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.