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Syrian troops made fresh gains in the strategic Qalamun area near the Lebanese border Saturday, seizing two villages from rebels, a military source told AFP. “The army took control this morning of the villages of Ras al-Maarra and Flita, after bombing…

The Israeli military fired a barrage of shells into southern Lebanon in retaliation after two Katyusha-style rockets crashed into an open field on Sunday, officials and reports said. The attacks struck uninhabited areas of both Israel and Lebanon without…

Hezbollah on Wednesday blamed Israel for murdering one of its top leaders near Beirut at a time of soaring tensions in Lebanon linked to the war in neighbouring Syria. The dead man, identified as Hassan Hawlo al-Lakiss, was the group’s most senior figure…