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May 20, 2013
2:22 pm
AL-QASR — The only official Lebanese presence at this northern border crossing with Syria is a tiny, one-man cinderblock army post. Rockets and shells explode nearby. Just a few miles up the road is the Syrian city of Qusayr, once a rebel stronghold. There, an already fierce battle between Syrian rebels, government troops and Hezbollah fighters — backed by Lebanese-based, pro-regime militias they call “popular committees” — intensified Sunday as Syrian troops launched an aggressive operation to retake the town.
May 20, 2013
9:22 am
At least 23 pro-Assad fighters of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah have been killed in the battle for the strategically vital Syrian city of Qusayr.
May 19, 2013
11:45 am
Syrian government forces have taken control of the center of Qusayr, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border.
May 18, 2013
4:50 pm
Gunmen in Syria kidnapped the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, a leading voice in Assad's regime.
May 18, 2013
3:51 pm
US says Yemen home to jihadist network’s most dangerous branch, AL-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
May 18, 2013
12:29 pm
The US is 'concerned' by allegations of human rights violations by Nigerian security forces, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
May 18, 2013
10:06 am
Area near Ramadi is one of the main centers of the Sunni protest movement in Iraq.
May 18, 2013
8:58 am
Commentary: Iran’s participation would increase confidence in its nuclear intentions.
May 17, 2013
4:00 pm
Twin explosions outside Sunni Mosque near Baghdad kill more than 40 as a blast hits a funeral procession.
May 17, 2013
12:55 pm
Moscow's delivery of advanced missiles to Syria raises the stakes in its bid to block international intervention.
May 17, 2013
11:51 am
Boko Haram has taken over parts of Nigeria's northeast, prompting a huge military offensive in the region.
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