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Lebanese Army commandos sit on the back of a truck in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon, on June 26, 2013, following 24-hours of clashes that ended two days ago between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT.)

Carrying the burden of the Syrian crisis

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 9, 2013 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Worried about the possible fallout from Syria, the Lebanese military spared no efforts to crush the armed insurgency led by Sunni Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir; however, it remained heedless to the risks of Hezbollah’s growing embroilment in civil-war...

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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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Gunmen and followers of hardline Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir pass in front of Lebanese army soldiers in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Suleiman takes dispute to UN amid Sidon violence

by Nazeer Rida | Jun 19, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese President Michel Suleiman sent a special memorandum on Syrian violations of Lebanese sovereignty to the UN on Tuesday, as the latest round of Syria-inspired violence broke out in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese president handed the...