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 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 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

 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

Syria Must 'Come Clean'
on Nukes, US Says

Reactor destroyed by Israel was nearly complete, it says

Apr 24, 08 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A covert nuclear reactor in Syria was only months away from producing uranium for weapons when Israel destroyed it in a bombing raid, US intelligence officials say. The officials briefed members of Congress on the Israeli raid in September, asserting that North Korea helped Syria build the site. The White... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il • Osirak nuclear reactor

 Video Links
 North Korea
 to Syrian Reactor 

Design similar to North Korean nuke technology

Apr 24, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Video showing a nuclear reactor under construction in Syria is expected to be released today by the White House, the New York Times reports. The video, shot before the reactor was obliterated by Israeli air strikes, confirms that Syrians had North Korean technological help. The design is similar to one... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Israel • North Korea • Dick Cheney • Syria • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Christopher Hill • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il • Trading With the Enemy Act • Imad Moustapha • Osirak nuclear reactor • state sponsored terrorism

 Israel Would Leave Golan: Syria 

Israelis willing to trade disputed territory for peace, Damascus told

Apr 23, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for peace, Reuters reports. A Syrian minister said in a TV interview that the Israeli message was relayed through Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, set to visit Syria this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week he... More »

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Israel • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Arab Israeli conflict • Golan Heights • Mideast peace

CIA to Brief Congress on
Syria-North Korea Nuke Pact

Washington moves close to N. Korea agreement

Apr 23, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Details of a suspected secret pact between North Korea and Syria to supply Damascus with nuclear weapons technology will be revealed in closed-door CIA briefings of lawmakers, Reuters reports. The pact is apparently linked to an Israeli air raid on a suspected nuclear site in Syria last year. The briefing... More »

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Israel • North Korea • Syria • Senate • Armed Services Committee • House of Representatives • Pyongyang • Damascus • airstrike • Intelligence Committee • National Security Council • Trading With the Enemy Act • Foreign Affairs Committee • six-party agreement

Dutch Pol Makes Waves With Unseen Film

Western, Islamic officials fear violence over anti-Koran piece

Mar 20, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unruly Dutch politician for months has had civil and religious leaders in a tizzy over a movie no one has seen—and which might not even exist, Der Spiegel reports. But by the end of March, provocateur Geert Wilders says he intends to release a movie exposing “the... More »

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Iran • Islam • Syria • European Union • Netherlands • Koran • Geert Wilders • Danish Mohammed cartoons

Syria Remains Key for
Foreign Fighters in Iraq: US

90% of Iraq's foreign fighters come across neighbor's borders, new report contends

Mar 12, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syria is a key jumping-off point for foreign militants in Iraq, with 90% entering through the Syrian border, the Pentagon reported yesterday. “It is not clear that Syria has made a strategic decision to deal with foreign terrorists using Syria as a transit point,” the report notes. Meanwhile,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Syria • Tehran • terrorist • Shiite militia • Damascus • Sunni leaders • quarterly reports • militant • Iraq war

 China Off US Rights Blacklist 

State Dept. report drops China from top 10 worst abusers despite poor record

Mar 12, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The State Department has taken China off its list of the world's 10 worst human rights abusers, the New York Times reports. China's human rights record "remained poor," the department's annual report said, with abuses including "extrajudicial killings, torture, and coerced confessions of prisoners." Officials declined... More »

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China • Iran • Russia • North Korea • torture • Zimbabwe • Syria • human rights • Sudan • State Department • Cuba • Amnesty International • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Belarus • Burma • human rights abuse • Eritrea • human rights violations • Uzbekistan

US Warship Heads for Lebanon

Deployment of USS Cole signals 'we're engaged,' official says

Feb 29, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The US has ordered a warship to the coastal waters of Lebanon amid fear the country's political deadlock could turn violent, Reuters reports. The country's presidential election has just been delayed for the 15th time and the US blames the political quagmire on Syrian meddling on behalf of its Hezbollah... More »

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Middle East • Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • US Navy • Michel Suleiman • Lebanese presidential elections • warship

OPINION

US Should
Have Hugged Castro to Death

Dictator relied on
angry giant to the north to keep people afraid

Feb 19, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro has left power, but his legacy endures because the US never did what it took to eliminate his regime: embrace it. Fidel survived for decades because his people were afraid of the angry superpower to the north, writes Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey. Had America embraced him, the Cuban... More »

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Iran • Syria • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Soviet Union • Cuban embargo • isolation

Dueling Memorials Shake Beirut

Thousands gather to honor Hariri, Mughniyeh

Feb 14, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Tension is high and security tight across Beirut today as thousands gathered for two opposing memorials—one marking the third anniversary of the assassination of anti-Syrian PM Rafiq al-Hariri, the other a funeral for top Hezbollah commander Imad Moghniyeh. More than 8,000 army and international troops are trying to... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • Imad Mughniyeh • Rafiq al-Hariri

Top Hezbollah Militant Killed

FBI was offering $25 million for man suspected in TWA incident

Feb 13, 08 7:34 AM CST
(Newser) - A notorious Hezbollah commander was killed by a car bomb late last night in Damascus, the group said today, ending his reign of high-profile terror attacks that included the 1985 TWA hijacking, the 1992 Israeli embassy bombings, and the killing of more than 200 Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s.... More »

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Israel • Syria • Hezbollah • car bomb • assassination • Damascus • Imad Mughniyeh

US to Admit More Iraqi Refugees

Speeds up glacial pace of resettlement

Feb 5, 08 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The State Department plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the US by September, despite resettling only 375 so far this year, CNN reports. Ambassador James Foley, charged with the task of accelerating resettlement, vowed to reporters that the pace will pick up in the coming months. The US... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • State Department • Department of Homeland Security • refugee • Iraqi refugees • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Refugees International

Deadly Violence Erupts in Beirut

Riots, gun battles in Hezbollah districts

Jan 28, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Street protests over power cuts erupted yesterday into deadly violence in Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut with several people killed or wounded—some by sniper fire—as youths torched cars. The Lebanese army mobilized to stop the violence from spreading to Sunni and Christian neighborhoods, reports AFP.  Fears of more... More »

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Iran • Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • Beirut • Amal • Fuad Siniora • Ahmad Hamza Hamza

Beirut Car Bomb Kills 7

Police captain among victims in Christian suburb of Lebanese capital

Jan 25, 08 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - At least seven people are dead and more injured after what appeared to be a car bomb ripped through a Christian suburb of Beirut this morning. Lebanese TV showed footage of a black crater surrounded by burning, mangled vehicles. One of the victims was a captain in the country's police... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • car bomb • Beirut

US Makes Canadian Torture List

'Torture awareness' manual for diplomats includes US, Syria, Israel, Iran

Jan 18, 08 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The US, along with China, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel, is listed in an official Canadian foreign ministry document of countries where prisoners are at risk of torture, the BBC reports. The "torture awareness" training manual classifies as torture some US interrogation techniques, including forced nudity, isolation, and sleep... More »

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Afghanistan • China • Iran • Israel • torture • Syria • Canada • United States • Amnesty International • Guantanamo Bay • sleep deprivation • interrogation techniques • Canadian foreign ministry • isolation • torture list

Beirut Blast Rips US Car, Kills 4

At least 19 wounded in latest in spate of attacks on Western targets

Jan 15, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - An explosion blasted a US embassy car just north of Beirut today, killing at least four in a predominantly Christian neighborhood, CNN reports. It was unclear whether the car was the target of the blast or tripped a roadside bomb. The driver of the US vehicle was injured, as were... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • bombing • Beirut • US Embassy • Dora Karantina

Syria Rebuilds Mystery Structure

New building goes up on suspected nuclear site bombed by Israel

Jan 12, 08 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Syria appears to be rebuilding on the site of a suspected nuclear reactor Israeli bombers destroyed in September, the New York Times reports. The new building, shown in satellite photographs to have the same footprint, is not expected to be a reactor, but there are concerns that it could cover... More »

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Israel • Syria • nuclear • International Atomic Energy Agency • nuclear inspections • nuclear facilities • airstrike

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