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Lebanon

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.


Lebanon

Syrian Unrest Prompts Gun Battles in Lebanon




Syria

Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, US coordination


Lebanon

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.



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.




Lebanon

Gunfire from Syria crosses 2 borders as conflict deepens; at least 1 killed








Hezbollah

New Hezbollah arms, training jeopardize Israel’s aerial supremacy: report


Iran

In Israel, prospect of war with Iran raises questions about home-front defense









Syria

US pushing for humanitarian aid, not arms, to Syrian opposition



Lebanon

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.