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A fire broke out at a Syrian refugee encampment in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon on July 2. (NNA)

Report: 3 Killed in Fire at Syrian Refugee Camp in Lebanon

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 2, 2017 | Middle East

Three people were reportedly killed on Sunday in a fire that blazed at a Syrian refugee encampment in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, local media said. The identities of the alleged victims have not been revealed. Flames and thick clouds of black smoke rose from the...

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Lebanese soldiers and forensic experts examine the site of the explosions that rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs in November 2015. Reuters

Lebanese Security Agencies Thwart 3 ISIS Bombing Plots

by Youssef Diab | May 31, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Lebanon’s security situation went back to the forefront after Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq revealed on Monday that security forces had thwarted three bombing plots by ISIS. Al-Mashnouq’s announcement came after security agencies issued reports on the...

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Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the site of a car bomb, that targeted Al-Aytam service station the day before and left at least four people dead, in the town of Hermel, in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley (AFP PHOTO/STR)

Suicide bomber kills three in Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—A suicide car bomber killed three people at a petrol station in a stronghold of the Shi’ite militant Hezbollah movement on Lebanon’s northern border on Saturday, the latest sign that Syria’s civil war is spilling over into its small...

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In this Monday March 18, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File)

Syrian Air Strike Hits Lebanon

by Alex Edwards | Apr 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The civil war in Syria spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again this week, with reports that a Syrian military aircraft attacked a Lebanese town on Wednesday. A Syrian helicopter is reported to have fired two rockets into the outskirts...

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Lebanese army soldiers search civilians at one of their checkpoints at the entrance of Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town in eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013.
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Lebanon Kidnappings Tribal, Not Sectarian

by Nazeer Rida | Mar 26, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The retaliatory kidnappings that have taken place in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley this week are tribal, not sectarian, Asharq Al-Awsat can reveal. This newest round of escalatory abductions began with the kidnapping of a member of the prominent...