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Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, 5 killed
ReutersTRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people have been killed and about 50 wounded in two days of fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, a spillover of violence from the civil war in Syria. Rocket-propelled...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Wars and Interventions, Lebanon, Bashar Assad
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Obama voices concern to Lebanon on Hezbollah role in Syria
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told his Lebanese counterpart on Monday he was concerned about Lebanese Hezbollah militants fighting in Syria to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the White House said. Obama and Lebanese...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, White House, Michel Suleiman
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Robert Rabil: U.S. should flex muscle to help Syria
The Syrian rebellion has become tightly linked to the ongoing shifts in the Saudi and Iranian-led regional axes of powers that have resulted from withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. At the same time, Washington's war-fatigued mentality and wariness about...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Israel, Jerusalem (Israel)
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WRAPUP 1-Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle-activists
Reuters* Fiercest fighting involving Hezbollah in Syria - activists * Israel threatens more strikes to keep arms from Hezbollah * Assad says planned peace talks won't stop "terrorists" By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans AMMAN, May 20 (Reuters) -...Tags: Armed Forces, Free Syrian Army, National Government, Civil Rights, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Syria's government presses battle in key rebel city of Qusair
BEIRUT -- Renewed clashes were reported Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusair, where government forces pressed an offensive aimed at chasing rebels from the supply and logistics hub. There were conflicting accounts from the government and the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tripoli (Libya), Rebellions, Explosions, Lebanon
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WRAPUP 2-Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle-activists
Reuters* Fiercest fighting involving Hezbollah in Syria - activists * Israel threatens more strikes to keep arms from Hezbollah * Assad says planned peace talks won't stop "terrorists" (Adds funerals, Syrian TV) By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia, Government, Activism
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Video shows Syrian Islamists flogging men over illegal marriage
ReutersBEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Islamist rebels in the northern Syrian town of Saraqeb have publicly flogged two men for violating an Islamic ban on marriage to recently divorced women, according to an internet video uploaded this week. The video showed a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Punishment, Religion and Belief, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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Qatar: Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing
Reuters* Emir of Qatar calls for Palestinian state within 1967 borders * Sheikh Hamad says Qatari backing for Arab Spring was important * With little democracy at home, Sheikh says reform must be gradual By Regan Doherty DOHA, May 20 (Reuters) - Qatar's...Tags: Government, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Central Intelligence Agency, Revolutions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle: activists
ReutersAMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday....Tags: Free Syrian Army, Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia, Government, Activism
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Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, 3 killed
ReutersTRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 20 (Reuters) - Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, as sectarian violence spilled over from the civil war in Syria....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Lebanon, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
Reuters* "Friends of Syria" to hear Kerry peace talks plan on Wednesday * Arab League, Syrian opposition to meet on Thursday * EU summit to consider lifting arms ban for rebels By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Peter Graff AMMAN/LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - The...Tags: Francois Hollande, International Organizations, United Kingdom, John Kerry, Paris (France)
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Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Benjamin Netanyahu, Government, Activism, United Nations
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