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Lebanese army soldiers man a checkpoint on the road leading to Tripoli’s Bab Al-Tabbaneh sunni neighborhood during clashes with Alawite, pro-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Jabal Mohsen neighborhood, on October 25, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)
by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Oct 27, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The civil war in Syria continues to take its toll on Lebanon, with a spate of clashes between Sunni opponents and Shi’ite supporters of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad erupting over the last week in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Violence...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks, during a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 15, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian government has drawn up a list of delegates for the peace conference proposed by US secretary of state John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, although a spokesman said it has not yet decided to take part. Speaking to...