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#Lebanon: Who was behind the first rockets fired into Israel?
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A man holds a mock Qassam rocket during a rally organized by Lebanese and Palestinian supporters of the Islamist movement Hamas and the Islamic Group, Jamaa Islamiya in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza strip where Hamas is engaged in a major confrontation with the Israeli army on July 11, 2014 in the southern Lebanese city of Saida. (Photo: AFP-Mahmoud Zayyat) A man holds a mock Qassam rocket during a rally organized by Lebanese and Palestinian supporters of the Islamist movement Hamas and the Islamic Group, Jamaa Islamiya in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza strip where Hamas is engaged in a major confrontation with the Israeli army on July 11, 2014 in the southern Lebanese city of Saida. (Photo: AFP-Mahmoud Zayyat) (...)

#Antoine_Lahd #Articles #Association_of_Muslim_Scholars #Beirut #Bekaa #Hezbollah #Hussein_Atwi #Lebanon #Occupied_Palestine #South_Lebanon_Army

#Nasrallah: Syria’s election exposed Western hypocrisy
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Hezbollah supporters gather in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil to watch a televised address by Hassan Nasrallah, the movement’s chief, to mark the 14th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from south #Lebanon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat) #Hezbollah supporters gather in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil to watch a televised address by Hassan Nasrallah, the movement’s chief, to mark the 14th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

Syria’s presidential election exposed the hypocrisy of Western powers who preach democracy, but did everything in their power to prevent Syrians from voting, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday. And by boycotting the (...)

#Beirut

#Nasrallah: The pro-Israeli project against the #resistance is crumbling
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Lebanese supporters of the #Hezbollah movement gather in the southern town of Bint Jbeil to watch a televised address by Hassan Nasrallah, center, the movement’s chief, to mark the 14th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from south #Lebanon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

The axis of resistance will achieve victory against its opponents in Lebanon and in #syria, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech on Sunday. “The project against the resistance is crumbling. The resistance axis will achieve victory,” he told a cheering crowd in a televised speech. “We pledge to all our leaders [...] our martyrs, our umma and our people that we will stay in our perseverance and achieve victory.”

Chloé Benoist

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#Israel

Al-Qaeda plays with explosives in #Ain_al-Hilweh
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Fighters are seen along a street in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on 12 March 2013, after one person was killed and several wounded in clashes that erupted in the camp. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat) Fighters are seen along a street in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on 12 March 2013, after one person was killed and several wounded in clashes that erupted in the camp. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

After the assassination attempt on Colonel #Talal_al-Urduni’s life on May 19, opponents of the #Fatah Movement in Ain al-Hilweh [Palestinian refugee camp] upgraded their weaponry from shells and (...)

#Palestine #Al-Nusra_Front #Articles #Jund_al-Sham #Lebanon #Palestinian_National_Security_Forces

#al-Baysarieh : Tensions mount against Palestinian residents
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A Lebanese man walks past the burnt out vehicle of one of the suspected suicide bombers from the attack on the Iranian cultural centre the previous day, after villagers set fire to the car outside his home in Baissarieh, south of the Sidon, on February 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mahmoud Zayyat) A Lebanese man walks past the burnt out vehicle of one of the suspected suicide bombers from the attack on the Iranian cultural centre the previous day, after villagers set fire to the car outside his home in Baissarieh, south of the Sidon, on February 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mahmoud Zayyat)

Those who pick the men for suicide bombings know what they are doing. Four months ago, they partially succeeded in causing tensions in the southern (...)

#Lebanon #Articles #Nidal_al-Moughir #Palestine #South_Lebanon

#Bir_Hassan blasts’ death toll rises to ten as army identifies one suicide bomber
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Relatives of 22-year old Harb Harb who was killed during one of the suicide car bombs targeting an Iranian cultural center in #Beirut the previous day mourn during his funeral procession in the town of Bablieh, south the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on February 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

The toll from Wednesday’s double suicide car bombing in Beirut’s southern suburbs has risen to 10, a health ministry source said. “The death toll in the blasts has risen to 10 after the remains of an additional four people found at the site of the explosion were identified through DNA testing,” the source told AFP Thursday. The death toll cited by the Health Ministry did not include the two suicide bombers. On Wednesday, the health ministry had put the death (...)

#Lebanon #Top_News

#Lebanon becomes ‘lung’ for Syrian #Economy
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A young Palestinian refugee, who fled the Yarmuk refugee camp in #syria where he was previously residing due to the ongoing conflict, pushes a cart loaded with belongings as he and his family leave their tent to move to new houses built by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, on January 31, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Mahmoud Zayyat) A young Palestinian refugee, who fled the Yarmuk refugee camp in Syria where he was previously residing due to the ongoing conflict, pushes a cart loaded with belongings as he and his family leave their tent to move to new houses built by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Palestinian refugee camp (...)

#Articles #Beirut #customs #Damascus #trade

Syrian Screenwriter Tells Refugees to Stay in #syria
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Young Palestinian refugees, who fled the Yarmuk refugee camp in Syria where they were previously residing due to the ongoing conflict, peer through holes made in their tent as they prepare to move to new houses built by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, on January 31, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Mahmoud Zayyat) Young Palestinian refugees, who fled the Yarmuk refugee camp in Syria where they were previously residing due to the ongoing conflict, peer through holes made in their tent as they prepare to move to new houses built by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, near the southern (...)

#Culture_&_Society #Articles #Halla_Diyab #Syrian_refugees

No Mistaking Arabs for Civilians
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A picture taken from the Lebanese village of Adaysseh shows Israeli soldiers patrolling along the Israeli-Lebanese border on January 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Mahmoud Zayyat) A picture taken from the Lebanese village of Adaysseh shows Israeli soldiers patrolling along the Israeli-Lebanese border on January 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Mahmoud Zayyat)

On February 4, the Jerusalem Post announced that Tal Nachman, a 21-year-old captain in the Israeli army had been “shot dead by friendly fire ... after being mistaken for a terrorist near the security fence in the northern #gaza_strip."

Belén Fernández

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#Opinion #Articles #Israel #Noam_Chomsky #Palestine #united_states

#Lebanon: ‘Yes to Immigration’ at #Baddawi Refugee Camp
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The Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, on January 31, 2014. (Photo AFP- Mahmoud Zayyat) The Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, on January 31, 2014. (Photo AFP- Mahmoud Zayyat)

“Yes to Immigration” is the new slogan of a number of young men at the Baddawi refugee camp in #North_Lebanon. Some see it as a reaction to the miserable conditions of the country’s refugee camps, but other observers believe it’s a different kind of activism – perhaps with the goal of permanently settling Palestinians in other countries, invalidating the right of return.

Abdel Kafi al-Samad (...)

#Economy #Articles #Nahr_al-Bared #Tripoli

Can #Lebanon Handle 3,000 #Syrian_refugees a Day ?
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A Syrian refugee woman holding her child as they doze off on the sidewalk of a street in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon July 18, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat). A Syrian refugee woman holding her child as they doze off on the sidewalk of a street in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon July 18, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat).

Everyone agrees that the refugee problem in Lebanon could lead to real dangers. However, the absence of a government authority capable of addressing such dangers is the true source of concern. How can the Lebanese trust a government to deal with a million refugees when it can’t even manage household waste? read (...)

#Economy #Articles #syria #UNHCR #World_Bank

#Israel Welcomes #Sunni-Shia Conflict
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A picture taken from the Lebanese village of Adaysseh shows Israeli soldiers patrolling along the Israeli-Lebanese border on January 20, 2014.(Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat). A picture taken from the Lebanese village of Adaysseh shows Israeli soldiers patrolling along the Israeli-Lebanese border on January 20, 2014.(Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat).

A report forecasting Israel’s strategic future looks positively at Sunni-Shia conflict in the Middle East though it fears instability along Israeli borders.

Ali Haydar

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#World #Articles #Hezbollah #Iran #Lebanon #Shia #syria

#Lebanon: #Israel Violates Border to Retrieve Spy Equipment
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A picture taken from the Lebanese village of Adaysseh shows Israeli soldiers patrolling along the Israeli-Lebanese border on January 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat). A picture taken from the Lebanese village of Adaysseh shows Israeli soldiers patrolling along the Israeli-Lebanese border on January 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat).

The Israeli enemy was again allowed to violate the land surrounding the South #Lebanon village of #Adaisseh. Over the weekend, Israel removed its underground surveillance equipment under the supervision of #UNIFIL and the #lebanese_army, who didn’t take action “since it is in nobody’s interest to open the the southern front.”

Dany al-Amine (...)

#Articles #South_Lebanon

Qaeda-linked #ISIS claims #Beirut suicide blast
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Relatives mourn during the funeral of Malak Zahwa and her step-mother Iman Hijazi, who both died in a car bomb that targeted a Beirut’s suburb the day before on January 3, 2014 in the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Silm. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat) Relatives mourn during the funeral of Malak Zahwa and her step-mother Iman Hijazi, who both died in a car bomb that targeted a Beirut’s suburb the day before on January 3, 2014 in the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Silm. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

A statement in the name of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Islamic State in #Iraq and #syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide bombing in the Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut that killed (...)

#Haret_Hreik #Lebanon #Top_News

UNIFIL meets with Lebanese, Israeli officers over border incident
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United Nations Interim Force in #Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle is seen in front of the #Ras_al-Naqoura Lebanese-Israeli border checkpoint in southern Lebanon on December 16, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

Israeli and Lebanese army officers met with UN peacekeepers on Monday after #Israel accused Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove near the frontier. “We discussed concrete steps to strengthen the existing security arrangements along the Blue Line (border) to prevent the re-occurrence of such incidents,” the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL said in a statement. The shooting, which took place on Sunday evening, was the first time an Israeli soldier had been killed along the border with Lebanon in more than three years. read (...)

#Top_News

#storm delays #syria #aid airlift for second day
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Young Syrian refugees build a snowman following a storm in a makeshift refugee camp in the Lebanese village of Baaloul in the Bekaa Valley, on December 12, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

Severe weather has delayed the start of the first United Nations airlift of aid items from Iraq to Syria for a second day, a spokesman said on Friday. “Qamishli airport remains closed, but apparently weather conditions are improving,” said #UN refugee agency (UNHCR) regional spokesman Peter Kessler, referring to the city in northeast Syria to which aid supplies are to be flown. “We hope to have word from the authorities there, hopefully later today or tomorrow,” which “would then would give us an idea when the airlift might start,” Kessler said. read (...)

#Alexa #Top_News

#Israel Spies on the “World” in #Lebanon
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A picture taken from Lebanon in Adaysseh on the Lebanese-Israeli border shows an Israeli soldier patrolling in an armoured vehicle along the border on August 23, 2013 after the Israeli air force launched a rocket toward a Palestinian group in Lebanon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat) A picture taken from Lebanon in Adaysseh on the Lebanese-Israeli border shows an Israeli soldier patrolling in an armoured vehicle along the border on August 23, 2013 after the Israeli air force launched a rocket toward a Palestinian group in Lebanon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

The Lebanese parliament invited diplomats and representatives of UNIFIL on Thursday, November 28 to deliver a brief on the extent of Israeli espionage in Lebanon (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Articles #Hezbollah #Lebanon_parliament

Family repudiates suspected #Beirut suicide bomber
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The grandfather of Adnan Moussa al-Mohammed, one of the suspects responsible for the twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut last week, reacts in front of the building where his family lives on November 23, 2013 in the Lebanese southern village of Bissariyeh, near the port city of Sidon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

The family of one of the two suspected suicide bombers behind last week’s deadly attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut publicly renounced him on Sunday for carrying out the “criminal act.” Authorities on Saturday said that DNA samples taken from the families of Lebanese Mouin Abu Dahr and Palestinian Adnan Moussa al-Mohammed – the two suspected bombers – confirmed that they were behind the November 19 attack which killed at least 23 (...)

#Iranian_embassy_bombing #Top_News