Lebanon’s US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to dislodge hundreds of Islamic State militants from a remote corner near Syrian border Lebanon’s US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to [ More … ]
US Special Forces are operating in Lebanon ahead of an imminent battle with Islamic State group militants near the north-eastern border with Syria, the department of defence has confirmed. US Special Forces are operating in [ More … ]
The refugees and fighters from al-Qaeda’s former Syrian branch arrived in bus convoys into the rebel-held area of Al-Saan in the central Syrian Hama province. Nearly 8,000 Syrian refugees and fighters from Lebanon arrived in [ More … ]
Thousands of refugees on the Syria-Lebanon are set to be transferred to Syria’s Idlib province under the second phase of the ceasefire deal struck between Hezbollah and Nusra Front. Thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon [ More … ]
The Lebanese army and Hezbollah fighters have extended their campaign into eastern Lebanon’s Ras Baalbeck, with a new offensive against IS after a ceasefire with al-Qaeda-linked militants. Hezbollah and the Lebanese army have extended their [ More … ]
Hizballah and Syrian regime forces have launched operations on both sides of the Lebanese border to clear rebel fighters. Hizballah have launched a major offensive against Syrian rebels on both sides of the Lebanon border, [ More … ]
An operation is expected to launch against militants near informal refugee camps in the Lebanon’s east, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Lebanese security forces will launch an operation against militants near informal refugee camps [ More … ]
A group of Syrian activists from across the world have started a hunger strike demanding Beirut investigates the killing of refugees in Lebanese military custody. A group of activists went on hunger strike this week [ More … ]
The Lebanese army said it arrested ten suspected members of militant groups today after they came over the northeastern border from Syria, and a security source said a local Daesh leader was killed in the [ More … ]
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