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Syrian army advances in Qusair and Damascus suburb
Syrian troops advanced toward the center of the strategic town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon and chased rebels from another key district on ...
Wounded and civilians trapped in Syria's Qusair
Cut off for three weeks by a regime siege, doctors in the Syrian town of Qusair are treating hundreds of wounded in battle-damaged homes and ...
A look at the fighting in Syria's town of Qusair
With the Syrian civil war well into its third year, the western town of Qusair near the Lebanese border has become the latest site of urban warfare ...
Hezbollah, Syrian rebels in worst clash in Lebanon
Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is ...
Lebanon: Israeli warplanes violate airspace
Lebanese security officials and the state-run news agency say low-flying Israeli warplanes are violating Lebanese airspace, overflying territory ...
Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold
Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since ...
Balance of power in Syria shifting Assad's way
As hopes for a Syrian peace conference fade and the opposition falls into growing disarray, President Bashar Assad has every reason to project ...
Lebanese parliament extends its term 17 months
The Lebanese parliament postponed upcoming elections on Friday, extending its term 17 months because of deteriorating security conditions related to ...
Lebanese Hezbollah attacks in Syria draw response
In Shiite towns and villages near the border with Syria, residents who support Hezbollah are bearing the brunt of the militant Lebanese group's ...
Syria's Assad 'confident in victory' in civil war
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is "confident in victory" in his country's civil war, and he warned that ...
A look at the latest Syria developments
Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis: — Syria's foreign minister and the main Western-backed opposition group issue terms that would ...
Lebanon parliament set to extend term amid turmoil
Lebanon's parliament moved Wednesday to extend its term, skipping scheduled elections because of the country's deteriorating security linked to the ...
UN rights council demands Syria protect civilians
The U.S., Turkey and Qatar pushed through a U.N. resolution Wednesday demanding a probe into the fighting around the Syrian town of Qusair, near ...
Fighting in Syria, Hezbollah charts risky course
The giant posters of Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon's wars with Israel still dot the picturesque landscape of southern Lebanon, the few ...
Gunmen kill 3 Lebanese troops near Syria
Gunmen killed three Lebanese soldiers in a drive-by shooting on a government checkpoint near the Syrian border Tuesday, Lebanon's military said, ...
AP Interview: Rebels want arms post-EU embargo
The commander of the main Western-backed umbrella group of Syrian rebel brigades said Tuesday he is "very disappointed" that the lifting of Europe's ...
US, Russia discuss peace plan as Syria worsens
The top U.S. and Russian diplomats met Monday to try to accelerate frustratingly slow peace efforts in Syria, where the signs point only to a ...
Syrian troops gain ground, TV reporter killed
Syrian troops gained ground Monday in a nine-day offensive against a key rebel-held town, and a Syrian TV correspondent covering the fighting there ...
Neighbors in Lebanese city fight Syrian proxy war
In a rundown district of Lebanon's second largest city, residents have adapted to waging war with their neighbors. Whenever violence breaks out, they ...
Rockets in Lebanon capital signal Syrian spillover
Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut on Sunday, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese ...
2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold
A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in southern Beirut on Sunday, ...
Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the ...
Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism
Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first ...
Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to ...