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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: Religion and Belief, Lebanon, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town: activists
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday....Tags: Rebellions, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Armed Conflicts, Activism
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria's Qusair - activists
ReutersAMMAN, May 20 (Reuters) - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels on Sunday in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Politics, David Cameron, Francois Hollande, Terrorism, Peace Negotiations
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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, Israel, Politics, Benjamin Netanyahu, Terrorism
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Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold
BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Armed Forces, Lebanon, Rebellions
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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...
Tags: Defense Equipment, Israel, Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tel Aviv (Israel)
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Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. Although Israel has not...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Moscow (Russia), Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah militants launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said. At least 32 people were...Tags: Rebellions, Lebanon, Armed Conflicts, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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One killed in northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
ReutersTRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 19 (Reuters) - One person was killed and a dozen people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said, in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence fuelled by the civil war in...Tags: Religion and Belief, Lebanon, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Government forces in Syria attack rebel stronghold of Qusair
BEIRUT — Syrian government forces launched a long-planned offensive early Sunday on the strategic city of Qusair and neighboring rebel-controlled villages near the Lebanese border, with heavy shelling that began shortly after midnight, according...
Tags: Lebanon, Rebellions, Politics, Government, National Government
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UN chief hopeful that international conference on Syria can take place in early June
MOSCOW (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to try to bring the...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Ban Ki-moon, Russia
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