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In this picture taken on Friday, February 14, 2014, Hezbollah fighters march in a parade during the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, south Lebanon. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Lebanese singer Assi El-Helani performs during the opening of the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon on July 30, 2014. (AFP Photo/STR)
Syria militants threaten line-up at Baalbek festival
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—It appears that the Baalbeck International Festival will once again have to move out of its impressive setting among the Roman temple ruins in the Beqaa Valley, to which it returned on July 30 this year. As the security situation in Lebanon...Caption:
Lebanese security forces patrol a street in Baalbeq’s Al-Sharawneh neighborhood as part of the reinforcement of security measures in the Beqaa Valley, near the border with Syria on April 12, 2014 in eastern Lebanon. (AFP Photo/STR)
Lebanese security forces continue security operations in Tripoli and Beqaa
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army and internal security forces continued efforts to implement the government’s new security plan for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday, as the Lebanese government continued its efforts to contain the spillover from the...Caption:
A nurse attends to a wounded boy in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on August 3, 2013. (AFP Photo/STR)
Airstrike near Lebanese border kills Syrian refugees
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Nine displaced Syrian nationals were killed Saturday in a airstrike near the Arsal border region in the Beka’a valley, according to reports. A further nine were injured during the attacks and are being treated at the General Hospital and...Caption:
Hezbollah supporters clash with supporters of the Lebanese Option Party during a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 9, 2013. (AP Photo)