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Hezbollah Included in Lebanon Unity Government

Militant group gets one cabinet slot among 16 for opposition in move to calm strife

Jul 11, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanon’s political factions finally formed a unity government today, Reuters reports, with militant group Hezbollah included in the coalition formed after weeks of wrangling. With Hezbollah and its allies effectively holding veto power, it appears Syria—long allied with the militants—will regain some of the dominance it long... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • Fouad Siniora • power sharing deal

 Israel Agrees
 to Hezbollah
 Prisoner Swap 

Notorious killer will be released

Jul 8, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has signed a prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah which includes the release of a terrorist who has been in an Israeli prison for 29 years. The release of Samir Qantar, who took part in a terror raid in which a child was murdered, is the most controversial element of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Ehud Goldwasser • Samir Qantar • Ron Arad

Israel to Trade Convicts for 2 Soldiers

Hezbollah hails swap as evidence of its growing power

Jun 29, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli officials today approved a prisoner swap with Hezbollah to release the bodies of two soldiers whose capture triggered a 2006 war, Reuters reports. In return, Hezbollah secured the freedom of five gunmen, including one of Israel’s “most notorious convicts,” the New York Times says. Israeli... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Hezbollah • soldier

 Israel Invites Lebanon to Talks 

Disputed sliver along border on table; offer follows Rice visit to region

Jun 18, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel today invited the Lebanese government to direct negotiations, adding that it would be willing to discuss all issues, including a long-disputed area along their border, the New York Times reports. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited both nations earlier this week, is attempting to use negotiation over... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Condoleezza Rice • Hezbollah • border dispute

Israel-Hezbollah Swap May
Signal Progress

Exchange could foreshadow more controversial deals

Jun 2, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The weekend swap of a Hezbollah spy for the remains of two kidnapped Israeli soldiers has whipped up speculation about the release of more Lebanese prisoners, the Independent reports. Although Israel denied the return of the remains was negotiated, the German foreign minister has been facilitating talks between the parties,... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Hassan Nasrallah • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • Samir Kuntar • Nasim Nisr • Eldad Regev • Ehud Goldwasser • prisoner exchange

 Israel Returns
 Hezbollah Spy 

Prisoner swap may be under way with Lebanon

Jun 1, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel returned a Hezbollah spy to Lebanon today and may have started a prisoner exchange, BBC reports. Hezbollah quickly handed over the bodies of Israeli troops killed in 2006, but officials on both sides deny a swap is under way. Secret talks clearly are, perhaps aided by German mediators; a... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Germany • Hezbollah • Israeli prisoner release • prisoner of war • Arab Israeli conflict • Hassan Nasrallah • Israeli Army

Lebanon Picks Prez, Ends 6-Month Crisis

But foreign policy, Hezbollah arsenal still divide nation

May 25, 08 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanon elected its first leader in 6 months today by naming Gen. Michel Suleiman as president, the Washington Post reports. Fireworks filled the sky to a chorus of car honks after Suleiman secured the post with a near-unanimous 118 of 127 parliamentary votes. But the nation remains torn between US-Saudi... More »

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Lebanon • Lebanon War • Hezbollah • Qatar • Beirut • Michel Suleiman • General Michel Suleiman • election • Gen Michel Suleiman

ANALYSIS

Lebanon Pays High Price to Avert Civil War

Deal achieves short-term peace, but strengthens Hezbollah

May 22, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The agreement that ended Lebanon's 18-month political crisis is nothing less than a sea change for the country, writes the Washington Post, strengthening Hezbollah and dealing a blow to America and its Middle East allies. The US-backed government in Beirut said that the last-minute deal averted a civil war, but... More »

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Middle East • Lebanon • Hezbollah • civil war • Beirut • Saad al-Hariri • Michel Suleiman • Rafiq al-Hariri

Israel Confirms Peace Talks
With Syria

Olmert ready to give
up Golan; Israelis
may disapprove

May 21, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel and Syria have been holding secret peace talks, with Turkey as the middleman, the two sides announced today, acknowledging for the first time the long-rumored negotiations. Syria is technically at war with Israel over the Golan Heights, which the Israelis seized in 1967. Israel is ready to give the... More »

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Iran • Israel • Turkey • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Golan Heights • peace talks

 Lebanon Forges Peace Deal 

Power-sharing pact aimed at averting avert new civil war

May 21, 08 3:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A civil war in Lebanon may be averted by a new agreement reached in Qatar, reports the BBC. The deal includes fresh elections next year, a power-sharing government, a new president, and a pledge by Hezbollah not to use weapons in Lebanon. The pact was reached after five days of... More »

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Lebanon • Hezbollah • Qatar • civil war • Emile Lahoud • mediators • Ali Hasan Khalil • Gen Michel Suleiman

Deal Brings Lebanon Thaw, Promise to Talk

Opposition clears roadblocks; Beirut airport  reopens

May 15, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Beirut International Airport welcomed the first commercial flights in a week, the Arab League announced today a deal that would end the worst fighting in Lebanon since the civil war and lead to talks aimed at ending the 18-month political crisis, Reuters reports. The talks, set for tomorrow in... More »

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Lebanon • Hezbollah • Qatar • civil war • Beirut • airport • Arab League • Middle East Airlines

OPINION

Iran Outsmarting US in New Cold War in Mideast

America is too dumb, weak right now to counter, Friedman says

May 14, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new cold war is being waged between America and Iran, and Iran is winning hands down, Thomas L Friedman writes in the New York Times. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nation has built up influence from Iraq to Lebanon, with power over Iraq's prime minister, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other militias—and a... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Syria • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hamas • Hezbollah • America • Cold War • George W. Bush • Sunni allies

US Victims of Attacks in Israel Sue Swiss Bank

UBS gave Iran money
it knew would support terrorism, suit says

May 13, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - American victims of attacks in Israel are suing Switzerland's biggest bank for helping fund militants by providing money to Iran, Reuters reports. The lawsuit says UBS AG gave loans to Iran even though it supports Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. The plaintiffs seek $500 million in damages for some 50... More »

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Iran • Israel • Hamas • Hezbollah • Switzerland • UBS • bank • militia • Islamic Jihad

 Battles Rage On
 as Army Hunts
 Down Hezbollah 

Casualty toll reaches 42 dead in the 5-day conflict

May 11, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting raged on in Lebanon today after Hezbollah pulled out of West Beirut and faced army troops in the north and Druze mountains, AFP reports. One woman died and five were wounded in Tripoli, while, near Beirut, the Druze majority leader urged Hezbollah to surrender. "Civil peace and halting... More »

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Lebanon • Hezbollah

 Hezbollah Pulling
 Gunmen From Beirut 

Political group wins concessions from neutral Lebanese army

May 10, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah began withdrawing gunmen today from Beirut after winning concessions from the Lebanese army to overturn the government measures that sparked days of fierce fighting. The army, a neutral player in the ongoing struggle between the insurgent political group and the Western-backed government, said it would reinstate Beirut airport’s... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • Fouad Siniora • Beirut • Saad al-Hariri

UPDATED

 Lebanon Condemns
 'Armed Coup' 

Hezbollah doing bidding of Syria, Iran in Beirut firestorm, government claims

May 9, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah’s takeover of Beirut is nothing less than an “armed coup,” Lebanon’s ruling party said today. “The armed and bloody coup which is being implemented aims to return Syria to Lebanon and extend Iran's reach to the Mediterranean,” one official in the US-backed government... More »

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Iran • Lebanon • Syria • sectarian violence • Hezbollah • Beirut • Shiite militia

 Hezbollah Seizes Muslim Beirut 

Major blow to US-backed government

May 9, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah militants have taken control of Muslim areas of Beirut and now control all the roads to the Lebanese capital's airport, Reuters reports. Gunmen forced a pro-government TV station off the air. At least 11 people have been killed, including those trying to flee the city, as sectarian violence continued... More »

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Lebanon • sectarian violence • Hezbollah • Beirut • Saad al-Hariri • Hassan Nasrallah

 Hezbollah Chief:
 Beirut 'War Has Started' 

Open violence rattles streets a second day

May 8, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - What began as a strike yesterday is now “open war” in Lebanon, according to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, CNN reports. Open violence continued for a second day today, with loyalists and opposition fighters clashing after the US-backed government tried to muscle through measures against Hezbollah on Monday, including a... More »

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Iran • Lebanon • Syria • sectarian violence • Hezbollah • civil war • Fouad Siniora • Saad al-Hariri • Hassan Nasrallah

 Israel Celebrates, Reflects at 60 

'Yes, there are flaws ... but behind the flaws a wonderful country is hidden,' speaker says

May 7, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands gathered across Israel today for the nation’s 60th Independence Day celebration, the Jerusalem Post reports. At one ceremony, lawmaker Dalia Itzik first remembered the 22,437 Israelis killed in conflict since 1860. "Friends, you are not, and you will never be alone. We will never be able... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Hezbollah • independence • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • holiday

 Blasts Accompany
 Crippling Lebanon Strike 

Casualties unclear as workers demand higher wages amid government crisis

May 7, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Explosions and gunfire sounded throughout Beirut today as a politically charged workers' strike turned violent. A Hezbollah-led opposition party had called for a one-day general strike, ostensibly for higher wages, the BBC reports. But things soon turned ugly, with flaming barricades along major roads, and gunfire between various factions in... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • strike • general strike

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