البلديات: قاطرة ومقطورة

خلافاً لكلّ التوقّعات والحسابات، ليس واضحاً بعد كيف ستكون الانتخابات البلديّة والاختياريّة التي ستبدأ بعد أسبوع
by Elias El Zoghbi via Latest News

A call for change

Lebanese fed up with current state of affairs in the country must make their voices heard in the upcoming municipal elections
by Joseph Haboush via Latest News

حلب على شفا كارثة إنسانية

أعلنت اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر أن تصاعد العنف في مدينة حلب السورية يدفع من يعيشون تحت نيران القصف والتفجيرات إلى شفا كارثة إنسانية
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ISIS in fighting on edge of Syria Druze region

Fighting erupted overnight between Syrian regime forces and ISIS in the remote northeastern outskirts of Suweida, the latest ISIS encroachment on the Druze-populated province.
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ماذا لو رشّح عون جعجع للرئاسة؟

عندما يختلي الجنرال ميشال عون مع نفسه بمَ يحدّثها؟ أيصارحها بخيبته بمن سلّفهم مواقف، بالجملة وبالمفرّق، مناهضةً لقناعاته، وما أوصلوه إلى الرئاسة الأولى؟
by Imad Moussa via Latest News

Assad to shake up Syria cabinet

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is poised to make wholesale changes to the country’s cabinet, including replacing the current prime minister.
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لا أحد بريئاً من دم هنادي

في شهر أيلول سبتمبر من العام 2014، قالت لي هنادي الحاج إن مشايخ من طرابلس "غسلوا عقل إبنها خالد ودفعوه لتنفيذ عملية انتحارية في بغداد"
by Hazem Al Amin via Latest News

“Untraditional” Lebanese band Mashrou’ Leila banned in Amman

A concert of the highly popular band’s scheduled Friday has been cancelled after objections from ministries, MPs and the Church
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

Independent voices rising in Shiite controlled areas

This year, municipal elections results in Shiite areas controlled by Hezbollah and Amal Movement might not be the same as in the past
by Myra Abdallah via Latest News

Hezbollah evicting residents of Syria border town: activists

The General Commission of Yabrud claimed that the Lebanese party was instituting a policy of "demographic change."
by NOW via Latest News

Things that are more important than CVs when job hunting

Tips for those stressing about unemployment
by Laura Hamade via Latest News

ISIS cracks down on Deir Ezzor town after assassination

ISIS has conducted a wide-scale security crackdown in a small town in eastern Syria after one of its foreign fighters was assassinated in the latest act of resistance to strike the jihadist organization.
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أوراق أوباما الفارغة

على الرئيس الجديد الآتي مكان اوباما الكثير من العمل ولا سيما تصحيح علاقة بلاده مع حلفاء وأصدقاء شاركوا في الحرب على الارهاب
by Elie Fawaz via Latest News

Interview with Alex Demirdjian

Talking architecture with the CEO of Demco Properties
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The Armenian Genocide: Solidarity vs. Denial

While Lebanese-Armenians continue to commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Lebanese are still debating the tragic event on social media. Many show support but others justify the killings.
by Yeghig Tashjian via Latest News

قاذفات صواريخ أميركية على الحدود التركية

أعلن وزير الخارجية التركي مولود تشاووش أوغلو أن الولايات المتحدة ستنشر وحدة قاذفات صواريخ في تركيا قرب الحدود مع أراض يسيطر عليها تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية في سوريا
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Deadly raid targets White Helmets center

Deadly airstrikes have targeted a center for the Civil Defense Force operating in the opposition-held areas of Aleppo, killing a number of the first responders commonly known as the White Helmets.
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Pro-Assad forces target Homs aid convoy: activists

A humanitarian aid convoy bound for a rebel-held pocket of territory in the northern Homs country has come under fire by pro-regime forces, according to activists in the besieged region.
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Becoming your worst enemy

Some rebels groups have begun targeting activists, mirroring the tactics of the Syrian regime
by Haid Haid via Latest News

الموت السريري

ليس في توصيف رئيس المجلس النيابي المنتهية صلاحيته والممدّد لنفسه لِحال معسكرَي 8 و14 آذار ما يفاجئ
by Ziad Majed via Latest News

250 جندي أميركي إضافي إلى سوريا

أعلن الرئيس الأميركي باراك أوباما في مؤتمر صحافي في ختام زيارته إلى ألمانيا إرساله 250 جندياً أميركياً إضافياً إلى سوريا للمساعدة في العمليات ضد "داعش"
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Aleppo White Helmets: Do not gather in public

The Civil Defense Force for the opposition-held sectors of Syria’s Aleppo have warned residents against gathering in public places after regime airstrikes over the weekend left dozens dead.
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The case for Beirut Madinati

The movement deserves the support of all those frustrated with Lebanon’s corrupt, nepotistic and dangerously polarized political system
by Hussain Abdul-Hussain via Latest News

Car bomb outside Damascus’ Sayyeda Zeinab

A car bomb has exploded outside the Damascus town of Sayyeda Zeinab, an important pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims.
by NOW via Latest News

الانتخابات البلديّة والمكبوت السياسي

لا يبالغ المراقب إذا وصف الحياة السياسيّة في لبنان اليوم ببلوغ النظام الطائفيّ مرحلة ابتذاله المحميّ بالسلاح
by Hazem Saghiyeh via Latest News

رجل أعمال لبناني مسجون في إيران

فقدت عائلة المواطن اللبناني نزار زكّا الاتصال به بعد أن اعتُقل في إيران واتُهّم بأنّه "جاسوس" أميركي
by Myra Abdallah via Latest News

بيروت مدينتنا

جيّد أن يتّسع صدر ناشطي "بيروت مدينتي" لكل أبناء بيروت، فنُشمل بعطفهم ومحبّتهم ورعايتهم لشؤوننا
by Imad Moussa via Latest News

وقف التمجيد

لم تتعقّد أزمات لبنان وتستعصِ على الحلّ، إلاّ عندما كان أحد أطراف الأزمة يستشعر فائض قوّة، وينتفخ بصلافته وغروره، فيحاول السيطرة والحسم عبر قلب الموازين
by Elias El Zoghbi via Latest News

جنود إيرانيون على الأرض

لماذا بدأت إيران بنشر قواتها المسلّحة في ساحات القتال في سوريا؟
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

Israel and Hezbollahs deterrence doctrine

By warning of the widespread destruction expected in any future conflict, both parties have managed to maintain the relatively peaceful status quo
by Nicholas Blanford via Latest News

Protests continue in Syria Druze region

Protesters have gathered yet again in the center of Syria’s Suweida to protest against government mismanagement of the Druze populated province.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

Republican Guard deploying to Qamishli: pro-Assad outlet

The Syrian regime has allegedly deployed troops from its elite Republican Guard division to Qamishli, where Kurdish forces have been battling pro-Assad fighters.
by NOW via Latest News

القمة الخليجية الأميركية والتحدي الإيراني

انعقدت القمة الخليجية الأميركية الخميس في العاصمة السعودية، بمشاركة قادة دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي والرئيس الأميركي باراك أوباما
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Damascus rebel allies trade new accusations

The two most powerful rebel groups operating around Damascus have once again leveled angry recriminations against each other as tension continues to ratchet up between the opposition factions.
by NOW via Latest News

التحالف الانتخابي المسيحي

ما الذي ستحققه لوائح مرشحي القوات اللبنانية والتيار الوطني الحر المشتركة في الانتخابات البلدية اللبنانية؟
by Myra Abdallah via Latest News

Everybodys wars

The similarities between Syria and Spain
by Michael Young via Latest News

Riyadh believes Jordan tied to Alloush killing: report

Saudi Arabia believes that Jordan was complicit in the assassination of top rebel leader Zahran Alloush late last year, according to a pro-rebel online outlet.
by NOW via Latest News

لبنان لا يزار يا هولاند

وقع زيارة هولاند لم يكن بحجم البلد الذي يُمثّله الرجل، لكنني أميل إلى الاعتقاد بأن هولاند زار بلداً فاقداً الحياة. جثة بلدٍ كان صاحبها قد لفظ أنفاسه
by Hazem Al Amin via Latest News

Lebanese businessman languishing in Iranian prison

The family of Lebanese citizen Nizar Zakka has lost touch with their relative, who was arrested in Iran and accused of being an American “spy”
by Myra Abdallah via Latest News

Kurds clash with pro-Assad forces in Qamshli

A deadly round of fighting has erupted once again between Kurdish security forces and pro-regime militiamen in Syria’s northeastern border city of Qamishli.
by NOW via Latest News

كلن على الحريري

لا شي ينفي حقّ اللواء أشرف ريفي معارضة تيار المستقبل وانتقاد آداء الرئيس سعد الحريري، لكن ليكن نقده بالمستوى الذي يخدم الحريري في هذه المرحلة الدقيقة لا العكس
by Elie Fawaz via Latest News

Shadowy rebels conducting Damascus assassinations

A newly-formed rebel cell has been conducting assassinations in Syria’s capital in a bid to spread fear among security officers serving in the Bashar al-Assad government.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

سوريا "حقل تجارب" للأسلحة الروسية

أقرّ الرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين بأنّ المعارك التي خاضتها قوات بلاده في سوريا في الأشهر الماضية، كشفت عيوبًا في الأسلحة الروسيّة
by NOW via Latest News

Obamas Middle East legacy: desertion of the democrats

From Iran through Syria, Egypt and beyond, the net effect of Obama’s two terms has worked in favor of autocrats
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

FSA factions reorganizing in southern Syria

The Amman-based MOC has reportedly decided to restructure the Southern Front coalition of over 50 rebel group.
by NOW via Latest News

Syrian missile commodore killed in Latakia fighting

A high-ranking officer in the Syrian Navy’s missile force has been killed in the fierce battles north of Latakia as a rebel offensive in the mountainous area ground to a halt.
by NOW via Latest News

Friendly pressure in Syria

Russia's withdrawal is impacting the Assad regime militarily and economically.
by Haid Haid via Latest News

Excerpt from Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollahs Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel

The Qana massacre.
by Nicholas Blanford via Latest News

"بيروت مدينتي" إذ تعطي معنى للانتخابات

أطلق مواطنون ومواطنات منذ أشهر حملةً بمسمّى "بيروت مدينتي" تحضيراً للانتخابات البلدية المزمع إجراؤها في لبنان في أيّار المقبل
by Ziad Majed via Latest News

الإنتداب: صورة وخبر

الطبق الرئاسي كان حاضراً أيضاً في كل الجلسات الرومنسية التي التقى فيها هولاند القادة اللبنانيين مرشّحين للرئاسة، ومنسحبين من السبق، وممثلي مرشحين
by Imad Moussa via Latest News

Syrian Druze protest against regime

Protesters have gathered in Syria’s Suweida to protest against the regime in the Druze-populated province, the latest demonstration to rock the southern region.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

Excerpt from “Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah’s Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel”

The Qana massacre.
by Nicholas Blanford via Latest News

The Ghosts of Qana

Revisiting survivors and the village on the 20th anniversary of the massacre.
by Nicholas Blanford via Latest News

13 نيسان: الطائفيّة هي السلاح أوّلاً

مرّة أخرى، وكما في كلّ عام، تداهمنا ذكرى 13 نيسان، يوم خرجت كلّ الشرور من علبة باندورا اسمها "بوسطة عين الرمّانة"
by Hazem Saghiyeh via Latest News

A Lebanon in the image of Siniora

The former prime minister shares his vision in Washington for a moderate Middle East.
by Hussain Abdul-Hussain via Latest News

Mystery group strikes ISIS

ISIS has come under attack by unknown assailants in a town along the Euphrates River, the latest in a series of mystery strikes targeting the jihadist group in eastern Syria.
by NOW via Latest News

Rebels launch northwest Syria campaign

Syrian rebels have launched a new offensive in the mountains outside Latakia, threatening to unravel the fragile cessation of hostilities in place in the war-torn country since late February.
by NOW via Latest News

13 نيسان: الطائفيّة هي السلاح أوّلاً

مرّة أخرى، وكما في كلّ عام، تداهمنا ذكرى 13 نيسان، يوم خرجت كلّ الشرور من علبة باندورا اسمها "بوسطة عين الرمّانة"
by Hazem Saghiyeh via Latest News

Iranian boots on the ground

Why has Iran begun deploying its official armed forces to the battlefield in Syria?
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

السلّة الصحيحة

التراشق بـ"السلّة" بين "حزب الله" و"تيّار المستقبل"، على ملعب رئاسة الجمهوريّة، يكشف حقيقة الأزمة وعمق المأزق
by Elias El Zoghbi via Latest News

The Christian electoral alliance

What will the joint lists of Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement candidates for Lebanon’s municipal elections achieve?
by Myra Abdallah via Latest News

Syria regime arresting Druze activists

The Syrian regime’s arrest of activists hailing from Suweida province has sparked a new demonstration in the Druze-populated region, which has witnessed a recent wave of popular protests.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

Defected Syrian pilot detained in Lebanon

Lebanese security forces have arrested a defected pilot from Syria’s armed forces, the latest detention of a Syrian opponent of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
by NOW via Latest News

حرق الجسور

الصراع السعودي الإيراني تاريخياً
by Makram Rabah via Latest News

The Palestinians’ hypocrisy on Syria

The Palestinians will not be forgiven for their apathy toward the suffering of the Syrian people.
by Hanin Ghaddar via Latest News

Saudi’s infamous Vice squad stripped of powers

Saudi Arabia’s infamous religious police has been stripped of its powers to detain people it finds in violation of the country’s strict Sharia law.
by NOW via Latest News

City of thorns

Outsiders may lose in Beirut, and that’s a shame.
by Michael Young via Latest News

Druze youths protest in Syria’s Suweida

Students have been at the forefront of a recent protest movement in Syria’s Druze-populated Suweida province calling for comprehensive reforms in the regime-controlled region.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

لبنان قد "يُهرغِل" وثائق بنما

حين باشر الإتحاد الدولي للصحفيين الاستقصائيين عمله على وثائق بنما، بعد أن استدعى للمهمة بداية نحو مئة صحفي من أرجاء العالم، لم يخطر له أن يستدعي لبنانياً إلى هذه المهمة
by Hazem Al Amin via Latest News

SSNP involved in unusual Tartous clash: report

A rare firefight erupted in the regime’s coastal of bastion of Tartous, with a report indicating that the armed wing of the pro-Assad Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) had clashed with local security forces.
by NOW via Latest News

الأسد ينظّم "انتخاباته" على وقع ترنّح الهدنة

ينظر معارضو الأسد إلى التصويت باعتباره غير مشروع ومستفز، وتعتبر فرنسا أن الانتخابات الجارية في سوريا "عار" كونها تنظّم من قبل "حكومة ظالمة"
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Pro-Assad forces suffer heavy Aleppo losses

Syrian regime troops backed by Iranian soldiers, Hezbollah fighters and Iraqi Shiite militiamen have suffered heavy casualties in a failed offensive on a strategic area of southern Aleppo.
by NOW via Latest News

إيران والدولار الأميركي

لم يعد مفاجئاً تراجع باراك أوباما عن وعود كان قطعها للشعب الأميركي والكونغرس على حد سواء، آخرها عدم السماح لإيران بالتعامل بالعملة الاميركية
by Elie Fawaz via Latest News

Palestinian official assassinated in Sidon

An explosion has ripped through a vehicle reportedly transporting a Fatah official outside Sidon’s Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, raising the specter of further fighting in the troubled camp.
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

Sidon bomb raises fears of jihadist escalation

Tuesday’s car bomb near a south Lebanese school puts rising extremist Islamist militancy in the city of Sidon under renewed spotlight.
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

Damascus suburb refuses Nusra entry

Residents of the southern Damascus suburb of Babbila have rallied against the Al-Nusra Front, demanding that the Al-Qaeda affiliate’s fighters not return to the opposition-held area.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

مقتل مسؤول فلسطيني بتفجير سيارته في صيدا

أدّى انفجار وقع عند مستديرة "دوار الأميركان" قرب مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين في مدينة صيدا بجنوب لبنان، إلى مقتل القيادي في حركة فتح الفلسطينية فتحي زيدان
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Is Russia’s withdrawal from Syria a ruse?

Reports have cast doubt on the scale of Moscow's pull-out from the warn-torn country.
by Haid Haid via Latest News

Palestinian official assassinated in Sidon

An explosion has ripped through a vehicle reportedly transporting a Fatah official outside Sidon’s Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, raising the specter of further fighting in the troubled camp.
by NOW via Latest News

تلك الرائحة

هي محض صدفةٍ أن تحلّ الذكرى الواحدة والأربعون لبدء الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية وما تخلّلها من اجتياحات وصراعات إقليمية ودولية مع انتشار رائحةٍ كريهة في شوارع بيروت
by Ziad Majed via Latest News

هل ثمة دور روسي جديد في لبنان؟

"إنّ أي استثمار مع روسيا بوتين قد لا يعود بالفائدة على أحد، لا على السنّة ولا على الشيعة، ولا حتى على العرب، أو غيرهم"، وفق ما ترى آنّا بورشفيسكايا، المتخصصة في شؤون روسيا والباحثة في معهد واشنطن لسياسة الشرق الأدنى
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

Lebanon: A Middle East oasis that deserves preservation

An expatriate view of Lebanon’s current political deadlock
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Iran commando force suffers first Syria casualty

An officer in Iran’s 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade has been killed in Syria, the first casualty suffered by the elite unit since it publicly deployed in the war-torn country last week.
by NOW via Latest News

Six people confess the craziest lie they’ve told to get out of doing something

We have all agreed to make plans for a certain day, but once that day comes we totally regret agreeing to it and begin to panic.
by Laura Hamade via Latest News

Online outcry against Israeli politician's request for segregated Jewish, Arab maternity wards

Israelis come out against MK's 'racist' statement
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We the Lebanese

After long being a pawn in regional conflicts, Lebanon’s recent troubles have been self-inflicted.
by Hussain Abdul-Hussain via Latest News

North Aleppo rebels pushed back by ISIS counterattack

Rebel factions have suffered a setback in their US-backed campaign along the Turkish-Syrian border after a blistering ISIS counterattack along the flashpoint front.
by NOW via Latest News

Things your followers don’t want to see on social media

Although most of us can’t go a day without checking our social media platforms, they become one of our least concerns when our home page starts to fill up with our followers’ annoying posts.
by Laura Hamade via Latest News

ميشال سماحة من زاوية أخرى

في الطريقة التي اعتمدها حلفاء سياسيّون لميشال سماحة في التضامن معه، بعد صدور الحكم الثاني عليه الذي صوّب الحكم الأوّل، يبدأ كلّ تضامن بالاعتذار
by Hazem Saghiyeh via Latest News

لا وجَل ولا خجَل

في واقع الأُمم والدول، هناك عيوب وسقطات وحالات انحطاط وفساد، تُصيب قطاعاً ما، أو منحى معيّناً، وفي فترة ما. لكن، أن يكون الانحطاط شاملاً والتخلّف عاماً والفساد معمَّماً في المكان والزمان، فهذا "امتياز" لبناني
by Elias El Zoghbi via Latest News

Six people confess the craziest lie they’ve told to get out of doing something

We have all agreed to make plans for a certain day, but once that day comes we totally regret agreeing to it and begin to panic.
by Laura Hamade via Latest News

13 سنة سجن بحقّ ميشال سماحة

أصدرت محكمة التمييز العسكرية حكمها النهائي والمبرم بحقّ الوزير السابق ميشال سماحة بسجنه 13 سنة مع الأشغال الشاقة وتجريده من حقوقه المدنية
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متفاجئ أنا

متفاجئ أنا من حماسة ناظر الخارجية اللبنانية جبران باسيل المنقطعة النظير لخيار انغماس حزب الله في حرب سوريا وعشقه المُستجد للشهادة
by Imad Moussa via Latest News

Kurds, rebels in rat race to seize ISIS territory

A competition has erupted between Kurdish and Turkish-backed rebels to take areas of the Syrian-Turkish border controlled by ISIS.
by Wladimir van Wilgenburg via Latest News

Syria Kurds accuse rebels of toxic gas attack

Kurds in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud accused rebels of shelling the district with toxic gas, while Jaysh al-Islam announced that one of its commanders authorized the use of an unsanctioned weapon.
by NOW via Latest News

Total recall

Hezbollah may well want what Syria had in Lebanon
by Michael Young via Latest News

Ex-Lebanon minister resentenced to prison for terror plot

Michel Samaha has been handed down a 13 year prison term for plotting attacks in collusion with a Syrian regime figure, a year after he received a controversially lenient sentence that sparked anger in Lebanon.
by NOW via Latest News

A new Russian role in Lebanon?

Following his meeting with Putin, Hariri hopes to steer Russia’s growing regional influence in his favor, at Hezbollah’s expense
by Alex Rowell via Latest News

Regime readying major Aleppo counterattack

Syrian regime troops and allied militias are preparing a massive counteroffensive in southwest Aleppo after the Al-Nusra Front led a successful operation to seize a strategic town in the flashpoint region.
by NOW via Latest News

Online outcry against Israeli politician's request for segregated Jewish, Arab maternity wards

Israelis come out against MK's 'racist' statement
by NOW via Latest News

Kurdish civilians caught in crosshairs in Aleppo

Recent clashes between the Kurdish YPG and Syrian rebels over a key area of the northern city have left scores of civilians dead.
by Wladimir van Wilgenburg via Latest News

Rebels say killed top bodyguard of Syrian first lady

A shadowy rebel group operating in Damascus has claimed the assassination of one of Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad’s top bodyguards.
by Albin Szakola via Latest News

مات شربل

وصل شربل إلى صيدا في العام 1985 كمقاتل شيوعي. كان اسمه شربل. فقط شربل، من دون أن يُشفع الاسم بتعريف آخر
by Hazem Al Amin via Latest News

Things your followers don’t want to see on social media

Although most of us can’t go a day without checking our social media platforms, they become one of our least concerns when our home page starts to fill up with our followers’ annoying posts.
by Laura Hamade via Latest News

"واتساب" مشفّر

أعلنت شركة "واتساب" أنّها قامت بتفعيل خاصّة التشفير من نمط (end-to-end encryption) لجميع مُستخدمي تطبيقها
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Infamous heart-eating Syria rebel killed

A Syrian insurgent commander in the Al-Nusra Front infamous for eating the heart of a dead regime soldier has been gunned by Ahrar al-Sham members in northwest Syria.
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Damascus rebels: Jaysh al-Islam running assassination cell

Tension has continued to mount between the two largest rebel groups operating in the outskirts of Syria’s capital.
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Deadly rebel shelling batters Aleppo Kurdish quarter

Rebel factions have launched a bloody mortar barrage on the Kurdish enclave in Aleppo that killed and wounded dozens of civilians, including women and children.
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الذين يرحلون

هناك من ينتحر في لبنان، لكنه لا يكتفي أن يلاقي حتفه وحده، بل يجرّ كل البلد وناسه في هذا الانتحار
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مغالطة نظرية "الذئب الوحيد"

أدلّة جديدة تظهر أنّ اعتداءات أوروبا مخطّطة ومدارة من عاصمة داعش السورية، ما يجعل عملية إيقافها أصعب بكثير
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Hezbollah goes corporate

The “resistance” has gone corporate and the old beliefs of liberation and freedom are now replaced with ambitions for promotion and better status.
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Syria jet shot down by rebels

A Syrian fighter jet has gone down in flames over southern Aleppo after it came under rebel fire in the flashpoint region where Al-Nusra Front has been fighting regime forces.
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Car bomb rocks Idlib town protesting Nusra

A deadly car bomb has ripped through Maarat al-Numan, which has witnessed rising tension in past weeks as residents of the Idlib town take to the streets to vent their anger at the Al-Nusra Front.
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Is Syria’s ceasefire over?

Recent military gains by both the regime and opposition pose the most serious threat to the cessation of hostilities to date
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Iran ready to “restore Palmyra”

Iran has voiced to UNESCO its readiness to help restore the ancient archeological center of Palmyra after Syrian regime forces regained the World Heritage Site from ISIS.
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عن العبودية الجنسية في لبنان وأوراق بنما

كراهية "العالم" والعدمية تجاهه ليستا إذاً الردّ على جوانب انحطاطه المتضخّمة، ولو أنهما في عنفهما تشبهانها وتستمدانّ بعض المشروعية منها
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Hezbollah readies for offensive near Arsal

Recent moves by the group point to an imminent military campaign against jihadis along the Lebanese-Syrian border
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Sunni cleric’s son killed fighting for Hezbollah

The son of a Lebanese Sunni cleric who supports Hezbollah has been killed fighting for the Shiite party in recent battles in Syria.
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Living with Hezbollah’s Arms

Creative solutions must be developed to allow Lebanon’s economy to flourish alongside the weapons of the Party of God
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Syria rebels near ISIS stronghold in N. Aleppo

Rebel groups have reached the outskirts of a key ISIS stronghold along the Turkish-Syrian border after seizing a number of villages in a blistering offensive against the jihadist group.
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أسباب وجيهة لقلق حزب الله

ما دفع حزب الله إلى المقاومة جنوباً، دفاعاً عن النظام السوري والنفوذ الإيراني، ولو باسم القدس وفلسطين وباقي المعزوفة، ليس مفصولاً عن اندفاعه اللاحق إلى القتال شرقاً، في سوريا
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