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AMN Al-Masdar News
March 18, 2018
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – On Sunday, Al-Qaeda affiliate militia Ha'yat Tahrir al-Sham (better known by its former name, Jabhat al-Nusra) conducted a car bomb attack against Syrian Army positions in the now government-controlled East Ghouta district of Jisreen. At the present time little informationÃâà...
Al-Manar TV
March 16, 2018
According to Moscow, the US plans a strike on the city using a chemical attack staged by militants in its suburb of Eastern Ghouta as a pretext. It has warned it would respond if Russian interests were targeted. Syria surrendered its chemical stockpiles in 2014 under the supervision of the United Nations andÃâà...
An-Nahar
March 16, 2018
The debate over a national defense strategy dates back to 2008 when Lebanon came to the brink of civil war as clashes erupted between Hezbollah militants and Future Movement supporters in Beirut on May 7, culminating in the Doha Accord. The deal reached in Doha led to the election of MichelÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 12, 2018
As the Syrian civil war rages on, there has been direct involvement from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards who have assisted their ally Bashar al-Assad throughout the conflict. Contrarily, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) received heavy support from Western countries,Ãâà...
The Daily Star
March 5, 2018
Fears over Ain al-Hilweh militant funding to derail election ... High-ranking local security officials held an emergency meeting after an unknown individual was believed to have entered south Lebanon's Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp with large amounts of money to fund militant groups.
Al-Monitor
March 2, 2018
Syria is facing a new turn in its civil war, and Hezbollah militants haven't shown this much anticipation at the possibility of a conflict with Israel since the ... Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite militant group, intervened against what it saw as a direct threat to its Syrian ally, which is considered an essential elementÃâà...
Long War Journal
February 23, 2018
Saraya al Ashtar, an Iranian-supported militant group in Bahrain, has formally changed its logo to adopt the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) branding. This branding is common among many Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East, including Lebanese Hezbollah, the Badr Organization, andÃâà...
Newsweek
February 23, 2018
A new video game has allowed players to join Lebanese Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah in its battle against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in ... trailer posted for Holy Defense showed fighters in Hezbollah uniforms firing assault rifles and missiles in rendered battles with plainclothes militants.
Eyewitness News
February 21, 2018
BEIRUT - Lebanese intelligence arrested a man on Wednesday they believe was a financial official for Islamic State (IS) in Syria, a security source said. The Syrian, arrested in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, was responsible for collecting money for the militant group in Albu Kamal, a city in easternÃâà...
Middle East Eye
February 20, 2018
In December, Abadi declared "the end of the war" against IS and complete control of Iraq's borders with neighbouring Syria, where militants still control pockets of territory. Aoun told reporters that Lebanon, too, had suffered from militants but succeeded in pushing them back from a border region with Syria.
The Daily Star
December 31, 1999
To deal with the terrorist threats in Lebanon, Aoun said the Army has taken a number of measures, including “the closure of all illegal crossings on the eastern border and stricter surveillance of border controls to prevent the infiltration of militants from Syria.” He added, “The army is always on the lookout.”.
Long War Journal
December 31, 1999
The Bahrain Interior Ministry reported on March 3 that its security forces arrested 116 members of a militant cell operating in the Gulf kingdom. ... Moreover, the ministry accused the IRGC, Lebanese Hezbollah, and Asaib Ahl al Haq in Iraq of training the militants in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. On state TVÃâà...
ANSAmed
December 31, 1999
... according to Lebanese security sources quoted by local media. The clashes, in which eye witnesses said RPG rockets were used, occurred between militants from Al Fatah and rival group Al Saaiqa. The website of Lebanese newspaper Daily Star reported that the murdered militant is the brother of theÃâà...
