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Lebanese security forces regain control in southern Beirut

Lebanese security forces regain control in southern Beirut

Sep 24, – Lebanon has deployed security forces to southern Beirut after reaching an agreement with Shiite-militant Hezbollah, which has controlled the area for years. The state forces were to take over security checkpoints. Some 800 Lebanese soldiers were sent to neighborhoods in southern Beirut on Monday, an area long considered a Hezbollah stronghold. “The […]

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UN reports nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war

UN reports nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war

June 13, AP – A new analysis of the Syrian death toll documented 92,901 killings between March 2011 and the end of April 2013. But the U.N.’s top human rights official, Navi Pillay, who oversees the Geneva-based office, said it was impossible to provide an exact current figure. Syria’s upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in […]

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UN rights chief alarmed over Syrian troop buildup

UN rights chief alarmed over Syrian troop buildup

BEIRUT (AP) — The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern Friday that a Syrian troop buildup around a besieged, rebel-held town in western Syria could lead to more atrocities if the area is overrun. Qusair is strategically important to the regime because it links the capital, Damascus, with the coastal region, where regime loyalists […]

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