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US journalists freed in Syria recount ordeal
| Amman: Two US journalists released by Syrian authorities said they were "kidnapped and taken by force into the Syrian territory", according to a newspaper report on Friday. | Taylor Luck and Holli C... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Protestors burn a representation of a U.S. flag during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the U.N office in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 31, 2006.Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is expected in Beirut later Monday in the first visit by an Iranian official to war-hit Lebanon since fighting broke out between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah guerrill
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 Middle East Online 
Israel Between War and Peace
The violently contradictory signals coming out of Israel these days point to the troublesome -- and so far unresolved -- debate among the country’s leaders about how Israel should live in the Middle E... (photo: AP / Vahid Salem)
 Beirut, Lebanon (Aug. 4, 2006) - Sailors offload pallets of humanitarian aid in Beirut. More than 100,000 tons of humanitarian aid was delivered to Beirut by the U.S. Navy´s High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2), including more than $2 million worth of h  Daily Star Lebanon 
Shiite council mocks US aid to Lebanese military
| Friday, October 10, 2008 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The Higher Shiite Council on Thursday called for working to "reconcile" Arab relations and questioned "the continuous silence toward Israeli threats... (photo: U.S. Navy /Michael B.W. Watkins )
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Lebanese lawmakers, line up to congratulate Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, right background, during the ending of the last session to vote for the new cabinet after they debated over five days a controversial government policy statement, at the Lebanese parliament house, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008. The Lebanese parliament has overwhelmingly approved a national unity Cabinet after a five-day debate on a controversial government policy that upholds Hezbollah's right to keep its weapons. The vote was part of a deal reached in May by rival Lebanese factions in Qatar that ended an 18-month political stalemate Lebanon's worst crisis since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.  Daily Star Lebanon 
Lebanon's election law: a cup half full
| By Doreen Khoury | Commentary by | Friday, October 10, 2008 | - Powered by | Soon after Lebanon's Parliament passed the new electoral law on September 29, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud, a long-time ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora briefs the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, unseen, at the chancellery, in Berlin on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. Daily Star Lebanon
Siniora dismisses rumors of Syrian military intervention in Lebanon as 'not possible'
| By Hussein Abdallah | Daily Star staff | Friday, October 10, 2008 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Premier Fouad Siniora said late on Thursday that it was not possible for Syri... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber)
Beirut   Lebanon   Mideast   Military   Photos  
A child holds up a poster of the recently assassinated Hezbollah top commander Imad Mughniyeh during a memorial service in his home village of Tair Debba, south Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Daily Star Lebanon
Iran sent intelligence officer to replace Mughniyeh - Italian newspaper
| Compiled by Daily Star staff | Friday, October 10, 2008 | - Powered by | Iran has sent an intelligence agency officer, Mohammad Rida Zahidi, to replace Hizbullah's top ... (photo: AP Photo / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Iraqi deputy premier Barham Saleh, left, and Syrian Deputy premier Abdullah Dardari meet in Damascus Asia Times
Syria reaches out for growth
| By Stephen Starr | DAMASCUS - Sitting in his plush new office in an up-market neighborhood of Damascus, deputy prime minister for economic affairs Abdullah Dardari - th... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Damascus   Market   Mideast   Photos   Syria  
This is an undated image of missing American journalist Holli Chmela made available by the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. The State
Syria frees detained US journalists
By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press Writer | WASHINGTON -- | The State Department says two American journalists who were detained by Syrian authorities have been released a... (photo: AP / US Embassy HO)
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 Syrian President Bashar Assad meets on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 with U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi at Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus. Pelosi arrived here Tuesday as the highest ranking US official to visit Syria since 2003 for talks with the The Guardian
The Middle East's unending political crunch
The US is considering a 'diplomatic reconfiguration' in its relations with Syria, but what will that mean for Lebanon? | Coverage of the global financial meltdown in the ... (photo: AP/Hussein Malla)
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2008.10.10
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