List of Lebanon articles
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Fighters from Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah carry the coffins of fellow militants, Ahmed Hareb (R) and Adel Hamidi during their funeral on June 6, 2015 in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut after they were killed in combat alongside government forces in the Syria. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Will Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Threat Boost Its Proxies?
Tehran's allies in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen could reap the benefits of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers.
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An Iranian woman walks past a giant poster showing supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and the founder of Iran's Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) during a ceremony marking the 36th anniversary of his return from exile on February 1, 2015 at Khomeini's mausoleum in a suburb of Tehran. Khomeini returned from exile in 1979, the trigger for a revolution which spawned an Islamic state now engulfed in a deep political crisis. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Keeping Iran’s Feet to the Fire
The Obama administration has promised to counter Iran’s menacing behavior across the Middle East. Here's how it can reassure its anxious allies, and stop Tehran from using its cash windfall to fund terrorism.
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A Hezbollah militant looks through his binoculars in Umm Khorj in the Lebanese eastern mountain range close to the Syrian border on October 9, 2014, after capturing the area from Islamic State (IS) militants. Lebanon's border with Syria is not officially defined and much of it is porous and unpatrolled, with local residents, smugglers and others moving freely across it. AFP PHOTO/SAM SKAINE (Photo credit should read SAM SKAINE/AFP/Getty Images) Syrian War Takes Rising Toll on Hezbollah
As the Lebanese militia takes over the fight to save Assad’s regime, casualties are rising and so are the risks of overreach.
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lebanon Departing Washington. Next Stop: Reality.
While U.S. officials are absorbed in abstract policy discussions, there are some aspects of the Middle East’s current crisis that you can only understand by going there.
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GettyImages-475369762yemencrop Hezbollah’s Friends in Yemen Are Trying to Lure the Saudis Into a Ground War
The Houthi rebels are using the playbook that foiled Israel during the 2006 war in Lebanon.
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cropGettyImages-474825806 Hezbollah Is ‘Stronger Than Ever’
The Shiite Lebanese group says it’s winning the battle against the Islamic State, rallying supporters to its cause, and fighting a war on terror.
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The shadow of an armed member of the Popular Front for the liberation od Palestine (PFLP) flashing the sign for victory is seen behind a Palestinian flag at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, as they celebrate the attack by two Palestinians on a synagogue in Jerusalem on November 18, 2014. Two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers burst into a Jerusalem synagogue and killed four Israelis before being shot dead in the city's bloodiest attack in years. AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images) Lebanon’s ‘Democracy of the Gun’
In a crowded Palestinian refugee camp, a remarkable experiment is underway: peace between Hamas and Fatah. And all because they fear the Islamic State.
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Jane Goodall, the world's foremost autho Do These Two Chimps Have More Rights Than a Woman in Saudi Arabia?
Two chimpanzees in New York were granted a right to habeas corpus. But in Saudi Arabia, women still need to be accompanied to a court by a male family member.
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LEBANON-SYRIA-CONFLICT-HEZBOLLAH The Battle for the Qalamoun Mountains
Along the Lebanese border with Syria, Hezbollah is preparing for an all-out war with the Sunni fighters of al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State.
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LEBANON-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-SHIITE-HEZBOLLAH The Martyrs of the South
Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters aren’t running scared after the attack on Israeli soldiers; they’re just getting warmed up.
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golan Israel Is the New Front in the Syrian War
As Hezbollah gains ground in the Golan, Iran is now knocking on the door of Israel’s quietest border.
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LEBANON-ISLAM-SHIITE-ASHURA-HEZBOLLAH This Is Not Your Father’s Hezbollah
Corruption in the ranks. Spies in their midst. Discipline problems. How the Syrian war is changing Lebanon’s most infamous militia.
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461330914crop Amid Raging Violence in Syria, Lebanese Sunnis Turn Backs on Islamic State
In the aftermath of a bloody suicide bombing, Lebanon's Sunnis are maneuvering to exclude the country's extremists.
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