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Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, 3 killed

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, as sectarian violence spilled over from the civil war in Syria. | Video

Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition

AMMAN - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah militants launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said. | Video

World, Syria, United Nations 19 May 2013

Syria war could push Lebanon, Jordan into slump

BEIRUT - The economic devastation of Syria's war could drive the economies of neighboring Lebanon and Jordan into reverse, Syria's former deputy prime minister said on Thursday.

World, United Nations, Jordan, Syria, 09 May 2013

U.N. complains to Israel about violations of Lebanese airspace

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has protested to Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by Israel, which carried out raids in Syria to target what it said were Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants.

World, United Nations, Syria, Israel, 07 May 2013

Lebanon urges U.N. to condemn sovereignty violation by Israel

UNITED NATIONS - Lebanon has called on the U.N. Security Council to condemn violations of its airspace by Israel, which carried out raids in Syria to target what it said were Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants.

Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms

BEIRUT - Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah.

Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms

BEIRUT - Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. | Video

Israel bombs Hezbollah-bound missiles in Syria: official

- Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday. | Video

Israeli strike in Syria targeted missiles from Iran - report

WASHINGTON - The air strike Israel carried out in Syria targeted a shipment of missiles from Iran bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Israel: Syrian chemical arms safe, Hezbollah does not want them

JERUSALEM - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad retains control of the country's reputed chemical weapons and they are not sought by his Hezbollah guerrilla allies in neighboring Lebanon, a senior Israeli official said on Saturday.

World, Syria, Israel, 04 May 2013