ISIS struck deep into Beirut’s southern suburbs Thursday, killing at least 43 people and wounding over 200 in one of the deadliest spillovers into Lebanon of the nearly 5-year-old civil war in Syria.

The explosions occurred minutes apart, according to officials in Lebanon.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, claimed responsibility on ( Read more... )

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Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials ( Read more... )

Syrian rebel gunmen in inflatable dinghies have attacked a military unit on the Mediterranean coast, with deaths on both sides, state media report ( Read more... )

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai reported that Hezbollah activists performed a drill on Monday attempting to take over the Lebanese capitol of Beirut. According to the report, the activists practiced "a real, unarmed drill meant to test their readiness to takeover Beirut and its surroundings, including airports and harbors ( Read more... )

An Israeli broke the record for most simultaneous games of chess played by an individual on Friday, seizing the title from a chess master from his country's archenemy, Iran.

Israeli chess champ Alik Gershon played 523 people, moving from board to board in a Tel Aviv plaza. He started Thursday and finished overnight, winning 454 of the matches ( Read more... )

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Iranian President ended a historical two-day visit to Lebanon after meeting with Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who offered Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an Israeli rifle captured during the 2006 July War as an appreciation for Iran’s support to the Islamic resistance in Lebanon.

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Lebanese and Israeli soldiers have exchanged fire along their shared border, with each reporting casualties.

Unnamed Lebanese officials say soldiers opened fire at Israeli troops who crossed into Lebanon. They say at least two Lebanese soldiers were killed.

The Israeli army said its soldiers had been hit on its side of the border, with at least ( Read more... )

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Hitchens Beaten by Lebanese Thugs, In Lebanon?


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