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Hundreds of fleeing families sleep on beaches and streets after Israel's strikes shake Beirut
BEIRUT (AP) — Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive bombardment. It had been a harrowing night — getting out amid earthshaking...
Who was longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah led the Lebanese militant group for the past three decades, transforming it into one of the most powerful paramilitary groups in the Middle East. Hezbollah confirmed Saturday that he was killed in an Israeli air raid that levelled six...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah transformed the militant group into a potent regional force
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. He was 64. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah's war against Israel...
Thousands are pouring into Syria, fleeing worsening conflict in Lebanon
JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) — Families fleeing the escalating conflict in Lebanon poured into Syria in growing numbers on Wednesday, waiting for hours in heavy traffic to reach the relative safety of another war-torn country. U.N. officials estimated that thousands of Lebanese and...
Syria has a new foreign minister as prime minister names his Cabinet
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s prime minister named his Cabinet Monday with a new foreign minister, Bassam Sabbagh, state media reported. Sabbagh was a deputy to former Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, who was appointed the vice president for foreign and information policies. ...
Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list
BEIRUT (AP) — The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday was one of the Lebanese militant group’s top military officials, in charge of its elite forces, and had been on Washington’s wanted list for years. Ibrahim Akil, 61, was...
Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says
ROME (AP) — The woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an attack on Hezbollah this week has received unspecified “threats” in the days since and has been advised by the Hungarian secret services “not to talk to media,” her mother told...
US warplanes, ships and troops ready in the Middle East if the conflict expands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has kept an increased military presence in the Middle East throughout much of the past year, with about 40,000 forces, at least a dozen warships and four Air Force fighter jet squadrons spread across the region both to protect allies and to serve as a deterrent against...
Sweden charges a woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women and children in Syria
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish authorities on Thursday charged a 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria — the first such case on trial in the Scandinavian country. ...
A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital is the headquarters of a company that is linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria as part of an apparent Israeli operation against the Hezbollah militant group. ...
