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Community leaders work to halt violence along Syrian border
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May 25, 2012 01:27 AM
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HERMEL, Lebanon: In the Syrian village of Zeita, which sits seven kilometers from the northeastern Lebanese border, farmer Mohammad Idriss looks from his balcony onto his wheat field with conflicted emotions. Idriss has been heartened by the plentiful rainfall this year, a sign of a good...
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Man trying to smuggle weapons to Syria shot dead
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May 18, 2012 01:47 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: A man was shot dead by the Army Thursday night while trying to smuggle weapons to Syria through the northeastern border, a security source told The Daily Star. The source said that Abdo Hussein Atrash, who hails from the Bekaa town of Arsal, was killed after an Army patrol chased...
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Lebanese-Syrian hostage saga ends after ex-mayor’s mediation
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May 17, 2012 01:47 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: Lebanese and Syrian citizens caught up in a tit-for-tat kidnapping linked to the Syria crisis were released Wednesday. “All the hostages have been freed,” former Lebanese mayor of the border village of Al-Qasr Ali Zeaiter, who mediated the swap deal, told The Daily...
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1 killed as clashes erupt on Syrian side of border
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May 16, 2012 01:34 AM
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HERMEL, Lebanon: Clashes erupted just inside Syria near the northern Bekaa Tuesday between Lebanese supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrians backing the uprising challenging his regime, killing one and wounding four others. The clashes, which broke out around 1 p.m., pitted...
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Syria clashes escalate over tit-for-tat abductions
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May 15, 2012 04:36 PM
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BEKAA, Lebanon: Several people were wounded in renewed clashes in Syria Tuesday between Lebanese supporters of President Bashar Assad and the Syrian opposition following a string of retaliatory kidnappings between the two groups, a Lebanese security source said.Lebanese Assad loyalists in the...
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Convert placed under protection of Hezbollah
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May 15, 2012 01:52 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: A woman who left her parents’ house over mistreatment after she converted to Christianity was placed in the custody of Hezbollah’s Shura Council member Sheikh Mohammad Yazbek Monday. Banin Qataya, 24, who left her parent’s house in the Baalbek village of Nabha...
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Botched Baalbek renovation puts historic buildings in danger of collapse
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May 15, 2012 01:51 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: A project that was supposed to give a second chance to historic mud houses near the Baalbek ruins has brought the buildings to brink of collapse, according to homeowners and municipal leaders. Resident say that efforts to preserve the homes, which are being renovated as part of a...
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Rivalry on Syria crisis spurs kidnappings
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May 14, 2012 02:17 AM
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NORTHERN BEKAA, Lebanon: Tensions were high on Lebanon’s northeastern border with Syria as armed clashes broke out between Lebanese who support the Syrian regime and the Syrian opposition inside the neighboring country over the weekend, following a string of retaliatory kidnapping between...
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March 14: Lebanese need state to halt Syrian raids
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May 14, 2012 02:07 AM
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ARSAL, Lebanon: March 14 called on the Lebanese government Sunday to protect residents of border towns from the Syrian Army. “We call on the Lebanese government to immediately intervene to stop the violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty by the Syrian regime’s army, which is...
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Lebanese abduct 13 Syrians to swap for kin
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May 12, 2012 02:19 AM
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HERMEL, Lebanon: Lebanon’s northeastern border with Syria in the area of Masharih al-Qaa and border villages in the Hermel region are fast becoming the scene of a confrontation between Lebanese supporters and opponents of the regime in Syria. Members of a Lebanese clan are holding 13 Syrian...
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Elderly Lebanese killed by Syrian gunfire from across border
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May 10, 2012 01:47 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: A 70-year-old Lebanese woman was killed in the village of Joura in east Lebanon Wednesday by Syrian army gunfire from across the border, the latest in a string of cross-border incidents that have wounded or killed Lebanese citizens. Security sources, speaking to The Daily Star on...
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Abducted priest handed over to Hezbollah official
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May 08, 2012 01:27 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: A priest was released Monday night and delivered to the head of Hezbollah’s Shura Council Sheikh Mohammad Yazbek a few hours after being snatched at gunpoint on the Ansar road in the Bekaa Valley district of Baalbek, security sources told The Daily Star. Initial security...
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Drug dealer among 3 killed in Hermel
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May 06, 2012 12:13 AM
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BEIRUT: A prominent drug dealer who opened fire on authorities Saturday in Hermel, east Lebanon, was among three individuals killed by authorities attempting to arrest the wanted man. Hasan Ali Asaad Alwat, 50, a prominent drug dealer, his mother-in-law, Nahla Gharib, 50, and their...
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Solar power lights illuminate highway to Hermel
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April 27, 2012 01:38 AM
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HERMEL, Lebanon: The road home for residents of the Bekaa town of Hermel is lit up for the first time, with the Transport Ministry now putting the final touches on new solar powered street lights in the area. Seven hundred sixty-six light posts were erected along the 10 kilometer road from the old...
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Families of slain sergeant, uncle urge criminals’ arrest
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April 23, 2012 01:18 AM
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BAALBEK, Lebanon: The families of the slain Internal Security Forces sergeant and his uncle urged authorities Sunday to arrest and punish the perpetrators. “The families of Solh and Baqbouq call on political, military, security and judicial authorities to arrest the criminals and serve...
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