Lebanon
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Syrian families in Lebanon suffer food insecurity, says UNHCR
World | Aug 17, 2014, 09:49 AM ISTBeirut: About 74 per cent of the Syrian displaced families suffer a certain amount of food insecurity, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon said on Saturday.In a report titled ‘Evaluation of vulnerability
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Egypt ready to help Lebanon
World | Aug 10, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTCairo: Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdi has said that his country is ready to provide "all possible aid" to the Lebanese army and security forces.Hamdi Saturday said that the issue would be discussed with
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Hezbollah commander killed outside home in Lebanon
World | Dec 04, 2013, 04:12 PM ISTBeirut: 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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Syrian unrest: 792,900 refugees in Lebanon
World | Oct 14, 2013, 07:53 AM ISTBeirut : The war in Syria and the influx of increasing number of refugees have cost Lebanon billions of dollars, according to a World Bank report.Thus Lebanon is going through a phase of financial crisis.In
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Lebanon deploys security forces in Beirut suburbs
World | Sep 24, 2013, 07:36 AM ISTBeirut : Lebanon began to deploy security forces in southern suburbs of the capital Beirut Monday to replace Hezbollah's checkpoints, National News Agency reported.Amid deteriorating security situation, Hezbollah has set up checkpoints in the southern
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Over 716,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
World | Sep 02, 2013, 08:50 AM ISTBeirut: The number of Syrian refugees receiving aid in Lebanon has surpassed 716,000 with the arrival of 13,000 more people last week, the UN's refugee agency has said.Of these refugees, about 606,000 have been registered
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Indo-Arab trade meet in Bangalore on Friday
India | Aug 22, 2013, 08:08 AM ISTBangalore: The Indo-Arab Chamber of Commerce (IACC) is hosting a trade meet Friday here to explore investment and business opportunities in India and the Gulf region by its members, entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises."About
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Gunmen seize Turkish Airlines pilots in Lebanon
World | Aug 09, 2013, 09:24 PM ISTBeirut, Aug 9: Gunmen ambushed a van on Friday carrying a Turkish Airlines crew in the Lebanese capital, kidnapping a pilot and a co-pilot in an attack that appeared linked to the ongoing civil war
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Syria: Pro-government figure killed in Lebanon
World | Jul 17, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTBeirut, Jul 17: State-run media in Damascus say gunmen have assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon.The SANA news agency says Mohammed Darrar Jammo was gunned down early on Wednesday
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604,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UNHCR
World | Jul 14, 2013, 02:10 PM ISTBeirut, July 14: The UNHCR says that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon getting aid from the government, the UN and its NGO partners has reached 604,000.It said the number of registered refugees was
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Explosion hits Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon
World | Jul 09, 2013, 02:22 PM ISTBeirut, July 9: A large explosion rocked a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group in the Lebanese capital early Tuesday, sending black smoke billowing into the sky and causing an unknown number of casualties,
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EU, Lebanon discuss Syrian refugee issue
Hollywood | Jun 19, 2013, 01:57 PM ISTBeirut, June 19: Visiting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton Tuesday held talks with the Lebanese officials over the plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, while calling for "a political solution to the conflict in
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Know more about the Lebanon based militant group Hezbollah
World | Apr 26, 2013, 06:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Hezbollah, which means “Party of God,” was founded in Lebanon in 1982, many say by the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, as a response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon.The group's aim is to destroy
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Syrian rockets hit Lebanon as tensions rise
World | Apr 23, 2013, 11:14 PM ISTBeirut, Apr 23: Two Syrian rockets struck Lebanon on Tuesday, causing damage and heightening tensions between Lebanese Shiite and Sunni communities over neighbouring Syria's civil war, security officials in Beirut said.Rockets apparently fired by Syrian
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Hezbollah warns Israel against attacking Lebanon
World | Nov 25, 2012, 09:37 PM ISTBeirut, Nov 25: Lebanon's Hezbollah group would fire rockets into Israel in any future war and target cities in the country's heartland, the group's leader said on Sunday.Sheik Hassan Nasrallah's warning came days after an
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Violence in Syria spills over into Lebanon
World | May 22, 2012, 11:16 AM ISTBireh (Lebanon), May 22: Syria's war has barreled over the border with an angry, raucous funeral for an anti-Syrian cleric whose killing set off a night of deadly street battles in Beirut and raised fears
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Wounded British Journalist Smuggled From Syria
World | Feb 29, 2012, 07:31 AM ISTBeirut, Feb 29: A wounded British photographer who had been trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs was spirited safely into Lebanon on Tuesday in a risky journey that killed 13 rebels who helped
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Hezbollah Unravels CIA Spy Network In Lebanon
World | Dec 13, 2011, 05:49 PM ISTWashington, Dec 13: Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA's spy network in Lebanon, severely damaging the intelligence agency's ability to gather vital information on the terrorist organization at a tense time in the region, former
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Hezbollah Chief In Rare Public Address In Lebanon
World | Dec 06, 2011, 07:42 PM ISTBeirut, Dec 6: The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah's group made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally on Tuesday to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashoura, claiming his militant group is acquiring more
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ITF Shifts Davis Cup Tie From Lahore
Tennis | Nov 27, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTKarachi, Nov 27: Pakistan has appealed to the International Tennis Federation following its decision to shift the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania group two tie against Lebanon away from Lahore due to security reasons.Pakistan were due to