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Lebanon’s Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade Ahmad Ali Deeb, who was killed in the recent battles in Yabroud, Syria, during his funeral in Tyre city, southern Lebanon, on March 16, 2014. (Reuters/Haidar Hawila)

Syrian rebels intensify attacks on Hezbollah in Qalamoun

by Paula Astih | Jul 13, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian rebels have intensified their attacks on Hezbollah fighters in the strategically important Qalamoun border region between Syria and Lebanon, adopting “hit and run” tactics against the Lebanese Shi’a militia. “The rebels are...

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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in the Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus. Syria’s army ambushed Islamist fighters in the Qalamoun mountains north of the capital Damascus on Friday, leaving as many as 60 people dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said (REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters)

Syrian rebels seek “war of attrition” in Qalamoun

by Nazeer Rida | Apr 12, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian opposition battalions said they were seeking to embroil the regime in a “war of attrition” in Rif Dimashq, as reports said that American and British authorities were investigating claims of chemical weapons use by the Assad...

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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on March 17, 2014, shows Syrian pro-government forces and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad hoisting their national flag in the western town of Yabrud. (AFP PHOTO/SANA/HO)

All Quiet on the Western Front?

by Paula Astih | Apr 11, 2014 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syria’s mountainous Qalamoun region has been a key supply route for the rebels battling to bring down the government of Bashar Al-Assad, allowing them to bring in reinforcements and supplies from Lebanon. The traffic has also allegedly...

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A handout photograph released by Syria’s national news agency SANA on March 15, 2014, shows a view of a part of the town of Yabroud in Syria, which lies north of Damascus near the Lebanese border. (Reuters/SANA/Handout via Reuters)

Syrian forces fully control rebel stronghold near Lebanon

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Syria said its military seized a key town that served as a rebel supply hub on the Lebanese border on Sunday after a months-long army offensive. Activists said fighting was still ongoing but the government was in effective control of much of Yabroud....

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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)

Lebanon: Violence escalates in Tripoli as Syrian war continues

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...