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BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say government troops have killed at least 50 people, including 13 children, in attacks in the central Syria....

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces attacked the town of Houla in Homs province on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said.

Lebanese hostages kidnapped in northern Syria were set free today and are on their way to Beirut, Lebanon's prime minister and an Islamist cleric who brokered their release said.

Shaker al-Barjawi's Arab Movement Party is by no means a political heavyweight. How then did it rise out of nowhere to take the streets of Beirut?

Dos ciudadanos sirios se atrincheran en un apartamento disparando contra las fuerzas del orden libaneses.

Bei stundenlangen Gefechten sind Armeeangaben zufolge in der Nacht zum Donnerstag in der Hauptstadt Beirut mindestens zwei Menschen getötet und mehrere Personen verletzt worden, darunter waren auch Soldaten.

Tensions on the streets of Beirut after family members say Syrian rebels kidnapped at least 13 Lebanese Shi'ite men in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

Abductions follow street fighting in Beirut; underscores continued violence in Syria.

Abduction of several men in Aleppo, allegedly by Syrian rebels, prompts army raids, and protests in Beirut suburbs.

The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria.

Im Libanon spitzt sich die Lage zwischen Gegnern und Anhängern des syrischen Regimes weiter zu. Rebellen sollen jetzt zwölf libanesische Pilger in ihre Gewalt gebracht haben. In Beirut protestierten Schiiten gegen die Entführer.

Lebanese protested in the streets of Beirut after Syrian rebels kidnapped 12 Lebanese Shiites in northern Syria.

ALBIREH, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hundreds of Islamist gunmen fired in the air on Monday at the funeral of a Sunni Muslim cleric whose killing ignited street battles and brought the bloodshed from Syria's 14-month-old uprising spilling across the border into Lebanon.

Sunday's spasm of violence bodes ill for Lebanese stability. But the real problem is that there's nobody in charge.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s capital was badly shaken Monday after a night of fighting between factions for and against the embattled president of neighboring Syria, stoking fears that the unrest across the border could spark serious violence here. Read full article >>

A Lebanese broadcaster captured harrowing footage of the fighting between rival Sunni factions that support opposite sides of the Syrian conflict, including armed men squeezing off rounds and darting through darkened streets.

Vor etwas mehr als einer Woche bin ich von einer Stippvisite aus dem Libanon zurückgekommen. Abgesehen von Einblicken wie MBA Studierende funktionieren habe ich auch das Zusammenleben im Libanon etwas mehr aus der Nähe beobachten können.Zumindest in Beirut ist es eine erstaunliche Mischung aus Segregation und Zusammenleben der verschiedenen Gruppen. Man siedelt zwar getrennt aber ansonsten sieh...

At least two people are killed and 18 injured in clashes overnight in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the first there since the Syrian conflict began.

At least two people were killed after street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups broke out in Beirut, sparking fears the conflict is spilling across the border into Lebanon.

Fighters fire rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as tensions over the Syria uprising fuel overnight clashes despite calls for calm

In der libanesischen Hauptstadt Beirut sind bei Straßenkämpfen mindestens zwei Menschen getötet und 18 verletzt worden. Die Gewalt eskalierte offenbar zwischen Anhängern und Gegnern des Assad-Regimes in Syrien. Zuvor waren an einem Checkpoint im Nord-Libanon zwei Assad-Gegner erschossen worden.

A Japanese bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government after a US court ordered a $2.6 billion asset freeze over the 1983 bombing of US barracks in Beirut, a bank spokesman said Thursday.

Nabeel Rajab detained on his return from Beirut, and authorities are also holding a leader of the pro-democracy protestsA prominent human rights activist and critic of the Bahrain's ruling family has been arrested, the country's interior ministry said on Sunday, as the authorities escalated a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.Bahrain, which is ruled by a Sunni Muslim monarchy, has been in t...

Beirut complains to UNIFIL that security barrier being erected on border near Metulla violating Lebanon's sovereign territory.

There is a highly revealing graffiti war going on in the streets of Beirut that’s sending interesting messages to Assad and Nasrallah.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app worth having....

BEIRUT – Syria has challenged the United Nations chief over the size and scope of a UN truce monitoring mission, resisting a larger presence as its army shelled targets in the city of Homs in violation of the ceasefire.

BEIRUT (AP) -- Move over Wilt Chamberlain. Another basketball player joined the elite century club after scoring 113 points in a Lebanese league game....

A United Nations independent expert today urged Lebanon to investigate the death of an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker who committed suicide days after being abused in the capital city of Beirut.

If debates rage about the meaning of the past year in the Middle East, one would not sense much doubt among the regional entrepreneurs and early stage investors gathered in Beirut.

So ArabNet in Beirut is rocking, but we also wanted to make sure there was an opportunity for other startups in town to come say hi to TechCrunch while we're here, so we are throwing together a TechCrunch Beirut Meetup! The Meetup is organised in conjunction with entrepreneur platform Wamda, co-working space AltCity,and the Seeqnce tech incubator. Here are the details:

Según el diario Yeni Safak, el embajador en Damasco, Omer Onhon, y todo el personal regresó ya anoche a Ankara tras hacer escala en Beirut

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Barcelona footballers don't just have a slick passing game, they can also secretly indicate arms smuggling routes to Syria, a pro-government Syrian television channel claimed this week.

utl: Laut inoffiziellem Programm soll die Begrüßungsfeier am 14. September in Jounieh, 20 Kilometer nördlich von Beirut, stattfinden = Fribourg-Rom, 16.03.12 (KAP) Papst Benedikt XVI. besucht nach Auskunft des melkitischen Patriaren Gregorios III. Laham von 14. bis 16. September den ...

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BEIRUT (AP) -- After a punishing, monthlong military siege, Syrian rebels made what they called a "tactical retreat" Thursday from a key district in Homs, saying they were running low on weapons and the humanitarian conditions were unbearable....

Lebanese officials say the death toll from a residential building that collapsed in Beirut rose to 24.

AT least 11 people were killed and 12 were injured when a six-storey apartment block collapsed without warning in the Lebanese capital.

Under renovation, the Magen Avraham Synagogue is guarded by steel doors, stone walls and security officials

UNO-Generalsekretär Ban Ki Moon hat seine bisher schärfste Verurteilung der Gewalt in Syrien geäußert. "Heute sage ich es Präsident Assad noch einmal: Stopp die Gewalt! Hör auf, dein Volk zu töten! Der Weg der Repression ist eine Sackgasse", erklärte Ban am Sonntag in der libanesischen Hauptstadt Beirut. Seine vorangegangenen Reaktionen auf die Entwicklungen im arabischen Raum waren eher verhal...

ARAFAT MEETING:THE VISAS of a group of Irish politicians visiting Beirut had expired when they met PLO chairman and opponent of the Lebanese authorities Yasser Arafat in January 1980.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed 111 people ahead of the start of a mission to monitor President Bashar al-Assad’s implementation of an Arab League peace plan, activists said on Wednesday, and France branded the killings an “unprecedented massacre.”Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 111 civilians and activists were killed in addition to over 100 casualties a...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah's deputy leader has rejected as "unjust" U.S. accusations of the militant group's involvement in a money laundering scheme and drugs trafficking....

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria’s government, facing sanctions for killing thousands of protesters, agreed on Monday to let foreigners monitor its compliance with an Arab League peace agreement intended to promote political dialogue. The main opposition to President Bashar al-Assad dismissed as a further stalling tactic an agreement which Damascus said… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story ...

The Syrian government has reportedly banned the use of the Apple iPhone in an effort to prevent activists from documenting the ongoing uprising in that country and government violence against protesters. Activists in Beirut were notified of the iPhone ban in a letter from the Syrian Finance Ministry that reads "the authorities warn anyone against using the iPhone in Syria," according to report...

Die Läufer aus Äthiopien haben den Marathon in Beirut dominiert. Bei den Männern setzte sich Tariku Jufar in 2:11:14 Stunden durch, Seada Kedir siegte in 2:31:38 bei den Frauen.

Lebanese politicians have been hunkering down ever since protests broke out in Syria eight months ago, fearful that the instability in their neighbor could spill across the border. And while Beirut has avoided large scale unrest so far, one of the most spectacular outbursts occurred on Monday - not on the streets, but on the set of a Lebanese television station. It all started when former p...