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  • September 2007

    • Lebanese Rout Militants in Camp

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 3, 07 3:30 AM CDT

      Lebanese Rout Militants in Camp

      (Newser) - Jubilant Lebanese celebrated with soldiers yesterday after they finally wrested control of a besieged Palestinian refugee camp from an al-Qaeda ally, Fatah al-Islam. Lebanese special forces attacked strongholds that remained inside the ruins of the Nahr al-Bared camp near Tripoli after nearly three months of fighting, reports the London Times . More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Syria  • Lebanon  • refugee camp  • Fatah al Islam  • Nahr al Bared  • Fouad Siniora  • Tripoli

  • August 2007

    • Iraqis Fleeing to US Hindered

      New York Times  |  Aug 29, 07 9:58 AM CDT

      Iraqis Fleeing to US Hindered

      (Newser) - Iraqis who have worked with the occupation forces, endangering their own lives, face overwhelming obstacles if they want to enter the US as refugees. Tens of thousands of locals work for contractors, but because they're not directly employed by the US government, they're not eligible for special immigration status. The Times looks at the difficulties confronting them. More »

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      Iraq  • United Nations  • United States  • Syria  • refugee  • Titan  • DynCorp International

    • Couric Will Report From Iraq, Syria

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Aug 29, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      Couric Will Report From Iraq, Syria

      (Newser) - Katie Couric leaves today for a 10-day trip to Iraq and Syria, where she will cover the war and the turbulent Middle East as the Pentagon's September 15 deadline for a report on Iraq looms. Couric will spend six days in Iraq, twice anchoring "CBS Evening News" live from Baghdad, before heading to Damascus. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Congress  • Baghdad  • Pentagon  • Syria  • CBS  • news  • Katie Couric  • reporter  • news anchor  • Damascus

    • Intelligence Community Doubts Iraqi Leadership

      CNN  |  Aug 23, 07 2:04 PM CDT

      Intelligence Community Doubts Iraqi Leadership

      (Newser) - A National Intelligence Estimate released today reveals that the US intelligence community doubts Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has the ability to lead the country effectively, CNN reports. Coming one day after President Bush defended Maliki in a speech, the report by US intelligence agencies also expresses worry over a possible large-scale, coordinated offensive by insurgents in the coming weeks. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • Syria  • security  • Iraq government  • intelligence  • National Intelligence Estimate  • extremism

    • Iraq's Upper Class Flees

      Der Spiegel  |  Aug 20, 07 4:08 PM CDT

      Iraq's Upper Class Flees

      (Newser) - More than 2 million Iraqis have left home, mostly crossing the borders into neighboring Jordan and Syria. And the upper class has been the first to go—robbing the country of the doctors, engineers and government officials necessary to rebuild it. With one of ten Iraqis living abroad, the war has become one of the largest refugee crises since the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      Iraq  • inflation  • Syria  • unemployment  • refugee  • Jordan  • Iraqi refugees  • asylum  • overcrowding

    • Pro-Syrian Wins Lebanon Seat

      Reuters  |  Aug 6, 07 4:03 AM CDT

      Pro-Syrian Wins Lebanon Seat

      (Newser) - The complex political crisis in Lebanon deepened yesterday when a Christian opposition candidate  defeated a  pro-government former president in a special parliamentary election—one of two held to fill seats of anti-Syrian politicians assassinated last year. Ex-president Amin Gemayel, a key player in the US backed majority coalition, was running for the seat left vacant by the murder of his son More »

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      Syria  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • Maronite Christians

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • US Shuts Out Troublemaking Syrians

      Reuters  |  Jun 29, 07 4:24 PM CDT

      US Shuts Out Troublemaking Syrians

      (Newser) - President Bush moved to boost the Lebanese government today, barring officials who have acted to undermine the precarious regime from entering the US. The ban applies to some high-level Syrian officials and five former Lebanese cabinet ministers, Reuters reports. An NSC spokesman said the goal is "to demonstrate to Syria our desire for them to stop meddling in Lebanon." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Vladimir Putin  • Syria  • Lebanon  • assassination  • travel ban

    • Mossad Spy in London Mystery Death

      Associated Press  |  Jun 28, 07 4:50 AM CDT

      Mossad Spy in London Mystery Death

      (Newser) - Scotland Yard is investigating the death of an Egyptian billionaire suspected of being a Mossad spy. Ashraf Marwan's body was found yesterday on the pavement beneath the balcony of his fourth-floor London flat. Friends said Marwan, who was 62, feared assassination since 2004 when it was first reported that he passed intelligence to Israelis before the 1973 Yom Kippur War. More »

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      Israel  • Syria  • Egypt  • spy  • Scotland Yard  • Mossad

    • Lebanese Mourn MP Slain by Bomb

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 14, 07 7:09 AM CDT

      Lebanese Mourn MP Slain by Bomb

      (Newser) - Lebanon observed a national day of mourning today as a prominent anti-Syrian MP was buried in Beirut. The assassination yesterday of Walid Eido further destabilized the shaky situation in the country. President Bush condemned the "clear pattern of assassinations" of prominent Lebanese critics of Syria; Eido was the sixth murdered in just over 2 years. Damascus denies involvement. More »

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      United Nations  • Syria  • Lebanon  • car bomb  • Beirut  • Rafiq al-Hariri

    • Israel Cautiously Invites Syria to the Table

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 7, 07 10:18 PM CDT

      Israel Cautiously Invites Syria to the Table

      (Newser) - Israel's PM deflected fears of a war with Syria today, and fueled semi-official rumors that peace talks are going on furtively between the two hostile countries. Olmert says he wants a sitdown with Syria—which would be the first in seven years—but warned president Assad that talks would not be an invitation to a land grab of territories lost in 1967. More »

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