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Lebanese army soldiers stand guard near the Bilal bin Rabbah mosque where Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir preaches, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Opinion: Countdown to the destruction of Lebanon begins

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 5, 2013 | Opinion

It was remarkable how Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, announced that “reports about creating a vacuum in the first presidency (the presidency of the republic) at the hands of the second presidency (the speakership of the parliament) are not true,”...

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Lebanese army soldiers secure the entrance of Bilal bin Rabah mosque following clashes between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon on June 25, 2013. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

Opinion: Selective sovereignty and legitimacy are contradictions

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion

For reasons that are clear to see, Lebanese politicians yesterday rushed to announce their support for the surgical step taken by the Lebanese army in Sidon, the capital of south Lebanon, to eradicate the phenomenon of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir, imam of the Bilal bin...

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Lebanese army soldiers guard the entrance of the Bilal bin Rabah mosque in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon on June 25, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID

Lebanese army controls Sidon as Assir flees

by Nazeer Rida | Jun 25, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army took control of the headquarters of radical Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir in Sidon on Monday after two days of fighting. The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said the army took control of the buildings surrounding...