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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 14:03 UTC

2 Syrian rockets hit Lebanon as tensions rise

Two Syrian rockets struck Lebanon on Tuesday, causing damage and heightening tensions between Lebanese Shiite and Sunni communities over neighboring Syria's civil war, security officials in Beirut said.

President senior military intelligence official Brig. Gen. leader Beirut Qusair +15 more

Reuters - Top News, 21.04.13 08:32 UTC

Insight: Battered by war, Syrian army creates its own replacement

BEIRUT | Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:10am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - In Syria, for scores of men called each month to join the army for deadly combat, there is a more attractive alternative: stay home, join a ...

Beirut Homs Damascus Bashar al-Assad Nader Ali +9 more

Seattle Times, 18.04.13 15:24 UTC

Lebanon choses 46 firms to bid for gas exploration

Lebanon's energy minister says Beirut has chosen 46 international and regional companies to bid for off-shore gas exploration.

France Lebanon United States gas exploration energy Gibran Bassil +7 more

Reuters - Top News, 16.04.13 09:11 UTC

Syria's Assad cuts jail terms, activists not satisfied

BEIRUT | Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:56am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cut prisoners' sentences on Tuesday to mark a national holiday but activists said it was a meaningless gesture ...

SANA Moaz Alkhatib Bashar al-Assad Syria Assad national holiday +3 more

Reuters - Top News, 10.04.13 15:00 UTC

Syria's Nusra Front swears fealty to Qaeda's Zawahri: audio tape

BEIRUT | Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:39am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's rebel al-Nusra Front formally pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri but appeared to distance itself from a recently ...

al-Nusra Front Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Levant Syria Iraq leader +6 more

Reuters - Top News, 08.04.13 19:00 UTC

U.S. envoy says must fight mistrust for Middle East peace

By Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM | Mon Apr 8, 2013 2:38pm EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he is trying to break down mistrust on both sides of the "festering" ...

President aide Beirut Ramallah United States West Bank +14 more

Reuters - Top News, 08.04.13 13:54 UTC

Suicide car bomber kills 15 in central Damascus

By Oliver Holmes and Mariam Karouny BEIRUT | Mon Apr 8, 2013 9:39am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb killed at least 15 people and wounded 53 in the main business district of Damascus on ...

Oliver Holmes Wael al-Halqi Syria Cyprus suicide car bomb car bombs +18 more

Seattle Times, 08.04.13 11:46 UTC

Kerry meets Israeli leaders to push Mideast peace

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is looking to breathe new life into dormant Mideast peace talks in meetings Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, amid talk of modifying a decade-old Arab plan that's long been greeted with skepticism by the Jewish state.

Prime Minister President Crown Prince , King official crown prince Beirut +20 more

Reuters - Top News, 08.04.13 10:36 UTC

Car bomb explodes in central Damascus: state TV

BEIRUT | Mon Apr 8, 2013 6:26am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in central Damascus, causing casualties, state television said on Monday. A resident in Damascus, who described the ...

Ministry of Finance Beirut Damascus

Seattle Times, 07.04.13 19:40 UTC

Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges

A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.

Golan Heights Egypt Syria Palestinian territories United States Saudi Arabia +23 more

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Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan Area, which consists of the city and its suburbs. The first mention of this metropolis is found in the ancient Egypt...

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