Syria & Lebanon
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Israel attacks southern Damascus
Syria’s military says Israeli warplanes have bombed locations south of the capital Damascus in the second such attack in a…
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Fire in Zaha Hadid building in downtown Beirut
A fire broke out in the downtown district of Beirut this morning and was extinguished shortly after by firefighters, according…
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Lebanon Maronite Patriarch reiterates call for an international probe into Beirut blast
Lebanon’s Christian Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al-Rai yesterday reiterated his demand for an international investigation into the Beirut port explosion which…
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2 die of tuberculosis in Syria regime prison
Two detainees have died of tuberculosis inside a prison run by the Syrian regime’s security forces in Raqqa governorate. Local…
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Large fire erupts in Beirut port area
A huge fire has erupted in the port of Beirut in Lebanon, a month after the massive explosion there which…
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Daesh in Syria retakes gas field from Russia
The Islamic State militant group (Daesh) yesterday took control of the Dheibat gas field, in the Homs countryside, local media…
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‘Signs of life’under rubble one month after Beirut blast
Possible signs of life have been detected by Beirut rescue workers in the rubble of a building that collapsed after…
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Almost 100,000 disappeared in Syria since 2011
Almost 100,000 people in Syria have disappeared and been classed as missing since the beginning of the ongoing Syrian conflict…
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Lebanon should be a secular state, says president
In a televised speech on Sunday, President Michel Aoun called for secularising the Lebanese state, saying he recognised the need…
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New Lebanese PM pledges immediate reforms
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib called on Monday for the formation of a new government in record time and urged…
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