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Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
The contending Lebanese factions have taken their fight from the streets of Beirut and Tripoli to those of Damascus and Homs. Yet, battling it out elsewhere does not mean that Lebanon is sailing toward stability or prosperity. Lebanon's leaders continue to enjoy their fiery statements, often attacking each other and taking opposing sides on all issues, both domestic and regional. This infighting does little to alleviate Lebanon’s many political impasses, such as forming a new cabinet after the...
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Friday, 19 Apr, 2013
BEIRUT, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese Shi’ites are increasingly split on the issue of support for the government of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, according to sources in southern Beirut.
The issue has become increasingly contentious because of the mounting casualties incurred by Hezbollah members travelling across the border to fight alongside the Syrian armed forces, particularly around Damascus and Homs.
Residents of the southern suburb of Beirut, Hezbollah’s primary stronghold and securi...
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Tuesday, 12 Mar, 2013
Faddy Sahloul, the founder of Hand in Hand for Syria, rubs his tired eyes and pulls heavily on his cigarette. From his small flat in Rayhaniya, on the Turkish–Syrian border, Sahl...
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Friday, 15 Feb, 2013
On their Facebook page, “Lens of a Young Homsi,” amateur photographers post their pictures of scenery throughout war-torn Homs, with the aim of showcasing life inside the divid...
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Saturday, 24 Nov, 2012
Twenty months into the uprising in Syria, with the death toll reportedly exceeding 37,000 and news reports showing that violence in the country is spiraling even further out of...
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Exchanges of artillery fire across the Turkish–Syrian border were reported on Wednesday and Thursday, as the Turkish military responded to Syrian army mortar fire on the Turkish ...
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Monday, 28 May, 2012
Burhan Ghalioun has proven to be a controversial leader of the SNC. Based in neighboring Turkey, he originally agreed to step down earlier this month in a bid to forestall the ...
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Wednesday, 21 Mar, 2012
The Majalla has met with the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Mohammed Riad Al-Shaqfa. In an expansive interview, Shaqfa expressed dissatisfaction with the vacillatio...
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Monday, 27 Feb, 2012
On Friday, some 70 foreign ministers and diplomats met in Tunis in the first meeting of the “Friends of Syria”, a coordinated international effort that is attempting to fin...
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Thursday, 23 Feb, 2012
The death of veteran Sunday Times war reporter Marie Colvin and Paris Match photographer Remi Ochlik has re-focused the attention of the Western media on the crisis in Syria an...
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