city:yabroud

C’est evidemment uniquement selon le mouvement chiite armé que les voitures piégées qui explosent au Liban sortaient de Yabroud

Lebanon struck by bombing after Syrian government forces seize rebel-held town - The Washington Post
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Hezbollah has claimed the operation to take Yabroud, which it says is the source of explosive-packed vehicles that have exploded in Beirut, will help secure Lebanon.

Le régime syrien marque des points avec la chute de la cité clé de Yabroud - Libération
▻http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2014/03/16/syrie-l-armee-a-pris-la-ville-rebelle-cle-de-yabroud_987449

Pour le Hezbollah, cette prise est également cruciale car selon le mouvement chiite armé, c’est à Yabroud que sont piégées les voitures utilisées pour les attentats meurtriers qui ont touché ses bastions au Liban ces derniers mois.

Contact lost with abducted #Maaloula #nuns: negotiator
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Negotiators have lost contact with a group of nuns kidnapped from a Syrian town last year after their captors moved them, a source told AFP on Thursday. The 13 nuns and three maids were kidnapped from the famed Christian hamlet of Maaloula last year and transported to the nearby town of #Yabroud, a rebel stronghold the army is fighting to recapture. “I was in regular contact with them, but since yesterday we’ve lost contact,” a source involved in negotiations said. read more

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Syrian army readies ground assault on Yabroud: report
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A Syrian man runs for cover as smoke rises from buildings nearby following a reported bombing attack by government forces on the Hanano district of the northern city of Aleppo on February 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP/AMC - Khaled Khatib) A Syrian man runs for cover as smoke rises from buildings nearby following a reported bombing attack by government forces on the Hanano district of the northern city of Aleppo on February 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP/AMC - Khaled Khatib)

Syria’s army is preparing to assault a key rebel bastion near Damascus, a pro-regime newspaper said Thursday, as activists reported heavy shelling and fighting there. “The Syrian army is preparing to launch a new phase” on the town of Yabroud near the border with (...)

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#Yabroud and Geneva II : A Time for Change
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Syria’s General Fahd Jassem al-Freij (C), Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense allegedly visiting troops in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.(Photo: AFP) #syria's General Fahd Jassem al-Freij (C), Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense allegedly visiting troops in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.(Photo: AFP)

Sooner or later, the battle in the Syrian city of Yabroud will come to an end. According to military estimates, it is not going to take more than a week once the decision is taken. When it ends, political discourse in Syria, #Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and #Iran will hit a new milestone, and mark the beginning of major regional (...)

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Syrian Patriarch: Abducted #Maaloula nuns are “well”
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Thirteen nuns abducted by Syrian rebels from their convent in the town of Maaloula last month are “well” as negotiations continue for their release, Syrian Patriarch John Yazigi told reporters on Saturday. Rebels kidnapped the nuns on December 3 from their convent in the Mar Thecla Monastery of the historic Christian town Maaloula and taken to the nearby village of Yabroud. Yazigi on Saturday said he spoke with the nuns over the phone earlier this week and that they appeared to be in good in health. read more

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