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Syrian refugees who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud, are pictured at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley, on March 20, 2014. (Reuters/Hassan Abdallah)
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A Lebanese army soldier stands in front of a damaged car at the site of a car bomb that exploded Sunday evening, in the town of Nabi Othman, in northeast Lebanon, on March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Assad capture of Yabroud fuels Lebanese tensions
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sectarian tensions have been reignited in Lebanon after the Syrian government announced the capture of the strategic border town of Yabroud on Sunday, a critical blow to the predominantly Sunni Syrian rebels seeking to topple the Assad...Caption:
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
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....Caption:
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)
Syria conflict has third anniversary amid offensive
Beirut, AP—Syrian troops advanced in a major rebel-held town near the Lebanese border amid heavy bombardment from warplanes, artillery and tanks as the country’s bloody conflict marked its third anniversary Saturday, state media and activists said. The conflict,...Caption:
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a group of nuns who were freed after being held by rebels, greet church officials at the Syrian border town of Judaydat Yabus, early Monday, on March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/SANA)