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  Twin suicide blasts in Beirut's Shiite suburb kill 43

  World | November 13, 2015 7:07 IST

  Beirut: Twin suicide bombings struck a southern Beirut suburb that's a stronghold of the militant Shiite Hezbollah group on Thursday evening, killing at least 43 people and wounding scores more in one of the deadliest

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  Islamic State beheads two women for sorcery in Syria

  World | June 30, 2015 14:52 IST

  Beirut: Militants of Islamic State group have beheaded two women in Syria for the first time on charge of sorcery, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Tuesday.Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Observatory, a monitoring group,

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  Key ISIS leader killed by Hezbollah in Lebanon

  World | June 10, 2015 8:26 IST

  Beirut: The Lebanese Shia militant party Hezbollah said a "prominent leader" of the Islamic State (IS) was killed on Tuesday in the Qalamoun region adjacent to the country's eastern border with Syria."Saudi national Walid Abdel

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  Al Qaeda affiliate seizes hospital in Syria

  World | May 22, 2015 18:57 IST

  Beirut: The Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of the Al Qaeda, along with other allied militias, seized on Friday the Jisr al-Shughur hospital in northern Syria after nearly a month of clashes for its control,

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  ISIS struggling with internal power struggle among fighters

  World | February 20, 2015 13:24 IST

  Beirut: As the Islamic State group tries to expand and take root across the Middle East, it is struggling in Syria-- part of its heartland--where it has stalled or even lost ground while fighting multiple

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  Beirut-bound plane crashes into sea after leaving Cyprus

  World | October 23, 2014 10:08 IST

  Nicosia: A small airplane en route to Beirut with two people on board crashed after taking off from Cyprus, according to the Lebanese authorities.The Lebanese minister of interior, Nuhaq El Mashnouq, told a local newspaper

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  Hezbollah commander killed outside home in Lebanon

  World | December 04, 2013 16:12 IST

  Beirut: A senior commander for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was gunned down on Wednesday outside his home in southern Beirut, security officials said. The Iranian-backed group blamed its arch-enemy Israel for the killing, something

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  Suicide blasts near Iran Embassy in Beirut kill 23

  World | November 19, 2013 16:49 IST

  Beirut: Two suicide bombings struck Tuesday near the Iranian Embassy in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, killing 23 people, including the Iranian cultural attaché.The mid-morning blasts hit Beirut's upscale neighborhood of Janah, a stronghold of

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  Syrian refugees in Lebanon exceed 800,000: UN

  World | October 28, 2013 7:06 IST

  Beirut: The number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country to neighbouring Lebanon has exceeded 800,000, the latest UN refugee agency report said Sunday.While more than 713,000 refugees in Lebanon have been registered, over

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  Saif Ali Khan falls ill in Beirut Shooting of film with Katrina called off

  Bollywood | October 27, 2013 6:52 IST

  Mumbai: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is unwell, and  he had to wrap up shooting of director Kabir Khan's film tentatively titled "Daniyal Khan" with Katrina Kaif in Beirut, Lebanon. The shooting had to be

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  Beirut boosts security ahead of general's funeral

  World | October 21, 2012 16:08 IST

  Beirut, October 21: Lebanese security forces are setting up road blocks and cordoning off Beirut's central Martyrs' Square ahead of a public funeral for a top intelligence official who was assassinated in a massive car

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  Gunbattle in Beirut amid fears of Syria spillover

  World | May 21, 2012 9:39 IST

  Beirut, May 21: Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding six people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighboring Syria was bleeding across

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  Syrian Troops Shell Homs, Eight Killed

  World | March 27, 2012 8:07 IST

  Beirut, Mar 27: Syrian troops shelled various parts of the flashpoint city of Homs today, with at least eight people dying in the onslaught and eight more killed across the country, activists and monitors said.The

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  Death Toll In Beirut Building Collapse Rises To 11

  World | January 16, 2012 14:22 IST

  Beirut, Jan 16: Lebanese security officials say the death toll from the collapse of an old five-story residential building in Beirut has risen to 11, most of them foreigners.The officials say search operations are continuing

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  Eid Is When The Regime Goes, Say Syrian Protesters

  World | August 30, 2011 18:12 IST

  Beirut, August 30:  Syrian security forces killed seven people on Tuesday as they opened fire to disperse thousands of protesters rallying against the regime, activists said.The activists said security forces fired at protesters in the