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ISIS Seeking Base in Lebanon
The so-called Islamic State militants holed up in the Qalamoun mountains on the Syrian-Lebanese border are seeking to gain control of nearby Lebanese villages to support their fighting positions
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’Israel’ Fears Russia-Hezbollah Response to Syria Strike, Keeps Border Measures
The Israeli air strike against Syria has kept the main concern of the Zionist political and military analysts who considered that the main target of the raids is to prevent transporting the sophisticated arms from Syria to Lebanon.
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Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Receives Putin’s Delegation
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah received Saturday the special delegation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Lebanon, deputy FM Michael Bogdanov.
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ISIS postpones beheading of seven Lebanese soldiers
The Daily Star Lebanon said the families have reopened roads across Lebanon after receiving assurances from the government that ISIS will not be beheading their sons Monday.
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Lebanon clerics denounce Zionist crimes in Al Aqsa Mosque
Lebanon Friday prayer leaders condemned escalation of Zionists' invasion against religious sanctities in Al Aqsa Mosque warning agaisnt continuation of the crimes in the shadow of neutral stance by Islamic and Arab countries.
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Top Lebanese Shia cleric: “Those with Imam Husayn cannot accept submission and humiliation”
During a meeting with a delegation of families of the martyrs of the Islamic Resistance [Hezbollah], the Lebanese scholar Ayatollah Afif Nabulsi stated that the blood of the Lebanese spilled in the battle against Takfiri militants was for Lebanon’s unity, security and stability.
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Lebanese troops, militants clash near Syria
Lebanese security forces have exchanged fire with al-Qaeda-linked militants in the Bekaa Valley near the border with Syria.
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Lebanon’s Coalition of Muslim Scholars: “Takfiri groups do not represent the Sunnis of Lebanon”
Lebanon’s Coalition of Muslim Scholars have stressed that the guerrilla warfare waged by Takfiri groups in Tripoli is a battle by terrorists against the Lebanese state.
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Nusra Front Threatens killing Lebanese soldiers
Nusra Front - Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate - threatened Sunday to kill Lebanese soldiers it captured in fighting in August unless the army halts operations against militants in Lebanon's second city Tripoli.
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Senior Iranain Shia cleric 'Ayatollah Araki' visits top Lebanese cleric 'Sheikh Qablan'
Head of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought visited Sheikh Abdol Amir Qablan.
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Lebanese Army Killed 50 Terrorists including Commanders in Arsal Barrens
The Lebanese army managed to killed dozens of terrorists in Arsal barrens in the last three days, Lebanese daily as-Safir reported on Monday.
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Deadly blast hits Hezbollah checkpoint in east of Lebanon, 3 killed
A SUICIDE blast has targeted a checkpoint manned by the Shia Hezbollah group in eastern Lebanon, killing three people, state media says.
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Lebanese Army Kills 11 Nusra Militants on Arsal Barrens, Arrests Two Terrorists
The Lebanese Army on Saturday shelled heavily the terrorists' sites and gatherings on Arsal barrens, inflicting heavy losses upon them.
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Egyptian mufti visits top Lebanese Shia scholar 'Fadlallah', calls for unity
According to Egyptian news outlets, Egyptian Mufti Sheikh Shawqi Allam in a meeting with Shiite scholar Sayyed Ali Fadlallah on Wednesday called for strengthening unity among Arabs.
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Syria Battlegrounds Upgraded Hizbullah Capabilities: Israeli Army Official
The Israeli army is preparing to fight Hizbullah, which has developed new capabilities due to its experience in Syria's war, a senior Israeli military official said.
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Hezbollah: Obama not determined enough to confront ISIL
U.S. President Barack Obama is not determined to crush Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists, Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said.
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Senior Lebanese Shia Scholar Underlines Role of Muslim Scholars in Tackling Takfiri Extremism
Senior Lebanese cleric Sayyed Ali Fadlallah stressed the role Muslim scholars can play in dealing with the threat of Takfiri extremism.
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Lebanese Government Mobilizes Efforts as Rage Reins over Soldier’s Beheading
“Martyr Abbas Medlej is a martyr of all Lebanon,” with these words Abbas’ father, Ali, received mourners who came to pay their condolences at the home of the slain Lebanese soldier’s brother in Ansar, Baalbek.
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Lebanese voice anger over soldier beheading
Lebanese protesters have voiced their anger after militants beheaded another army soldier.
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France, Saudi finalize $3bn Lebanon arms deal: official
France and Saudi Arabia are close to signing a $3 billion arms deal for Lebanon, the Elysee Palace said Monday following talks between President Francois Hollande and the Saudi crown prince.
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Hezbollah: Israeli Project in WB Judaization, Only Resistance Can Deter It
Hezbollah stressed on Monday that the Zionist project in the West Bank to seize lands and annex them for building settlements is a new crime that completes the pre-planned judiazation scheme.
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Nusra Front Threatens to 'Kill its Shiite Captives' Should Hizbullah Intervene in Qalamun Battle
The al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front threatened on Sunday to “kill the Shiite Lebanese soldiers” it had kidnapped earlier in August should Hizbullah intervene in battles in Syria's al-Qalamun region, while also issuing a warning to the Free Patriotic Movement...
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US delivers military aid to Lebanon + Photos
The United States has delivered its first emergency shipment of weapons to Lebanon, officials said Friday, to help bolster military forces as part of a broader regional response to combat the growing threat posed by Islamic extremists.
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Lebanese Hezbollah remembers revered leader Imam Musa Sadr
Prominent Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has remembered the country’s revered Shia leader Imam Musa al-Sadr in the anniversary of his 1978 disappearance in Libya while on an official visit, describing his yet unknown fate as a major national tragedy.
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Rockets from Syria, Lebanon shake Israel
Rockets from Syria have rocked the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights hours after a rocket from Lebanon has hit the Upper Galilee in the occupied lands of Palestine.
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Sayyed Nasrallah: Hezbollah Ready to Fight ’Israel’ despite His Intervention in Syria
Hizbullah Secretary General, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed Thursday that there are no red lines in the security war with "Israel".
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One Killed, 10 Others Injured in Tripoli Bomb Explosion
At least one was killed and ten others were wounded as a bomb exploded near al-Khanaq bridge in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.
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Hezbollah has no plan to directly engage ISIS now, just logistical support to army
Hezbollah’s leadership insists the party is providing only logistical support to the Army in its battle against militants in Arsal, but it continues to secure its grip on the surrounding areas and could enter the fray if Islamist fighters gain ground.
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Pro-ISIL Sheikh Leads Blatant Enticing March against Lebanese Army in Tripoli
Enticing movements against the Lebanese army took place in the Lebanese Tabbaneh regions of northern city of Tripoli on Monday led by the wanted Shadi Mawlawi, raising flags of the so-called Al-Nusra Front and chanting anti-army slogans.
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al-Nusra terrorist cmdr. arrested in Lebanon border, 4 people killed
Militants killed four people in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, including two soldiers, after clashes erupted following the arrest of a senior commander of al-Nusra Front militant group.