US adds Abdullah Azzam Brigades to list of terror groups
Today’s designation takes place after the terror group’s emir and top bomb maker were added to the list of global terrorists late last year.
Today’s designation takes place after the terror group’s emir and top bomb maker were added to the list of global terrorists late last year.
The conflict in Syria continued to spill over into Lebanon. An anti-Syrian cleric was killed, prompting protests in Beirut. Two people were killed and 18 injured in street battles between rival Syrian groups in Beirut.
Syrian Unrest Prompts Gun Battles in Lebanon
Bahrain, Qatar, UAE urge citizens to stay away from Lebanon
Lebanese City Drawn Into Syrian Conflict
Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, US coordination
The Syrian conflict spilled into Lebanon. Five people have been killed and 100 wounded in three days of sectarian street fighting in Lebanon’s second largest city of Tripoli.
Two killed in sectarian clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah accused the US and Israel of stoking terrorism in Syria. He also claimed Hezbollah had weapons that could hit any part of Israel.
Hezbollah capable of hitting specific targets in Tel Aviv: chief
In Syria, Lebanon’s Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up
Gunfire from Syria crosses 2 borders as conflict deepens; at least 1 killed
Iran’s Efforts to Stir Afghan Violence Provoke Concern
Foreign Fighters Join Syrian Rebels: Jihadists Declare Holy War Against Assad Regime
Israeli forces deploy for protests at borders
Arab Revolts Risk Fuelling Sectarian Tensions
Analysis: Arab revolts bring Islamist regional vision closer
Iran ‘carried out surveillance of New York City’
New Hezbollah arms, training jeopardize Israel’s aerial supremacy: report
In Israel, prospect of war with Iran raises questions about home-front defense
US, Jordan Eye Syria Chemical-Weapons Stocks
Gulf Arabs Deny Arms to Syria Rebels
Syrian rebels in Idlib bide their time
Lebanon – Prosecutors propose new charge for Hariri suspects
Hezbollah: Israeli attack on Iran would set Middle East ablaze
Syria Crisis Highlights Paradoxes of Assad Support
Do fence me in: Israel closing Sinai loopholes
US pushing for humanitarian aid, not arms, to Syrian opposition
Slain journalists may have been targeted by Syrian military
A court in Lebanon, which has no extradition treaty with the US, convicted Assem Hammoud of involvement in a 2006 al Qaeda plot to bomb Hudson River commuter tunnels. He has already served the two-year sentence he received, while awaiting trial. Two accomplices, a Syrian and another Lebanese, were sentenced in absentia.