The Syrian National Coalition, one of the leading groups in the conglomerate of organizations fighting to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime, took to its Facebook page to tell Hezbollah to get out of the country: The Syrian National Coalition — the main Western-backed opposition group — warned that Hezbollah involvement...

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The Syrian opposition yesterday called on Lebanon to “exert control over its borders and put an immediate stop to Hezbollah’s military operations on Syrian territory.” Reports indicate that the Iran-backed terror group, having gone all-in on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime, recently poured thousands of fighters into Syria. “The Syrian National Coalition...

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A Lebanese member of parliament is slamming Hezbollah for failing to protect Lebanese territory from increasingly regular attacks by the Bashar al-Assad regime, on behalf of which Hezbollah is fighting in Syria. Basem Shabb blasted the group for being “an Iranian-sponsored Shiite organization that is embroiled in sectarian conflicts throughout the region.”...

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Syria’s air force has again bombed Lebanese territory, this time hitting the Lebanese town of Arsal. The air strike marks the second time in 24 hours that forces loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime have targeted what they claim are areas used by Syrian opposition forces in Lebanon. Lebanese President Michel...

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A bizarre series of leaks and hacks is threatening to reignite still-simmering anger over the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. There is an ongoing United Nations Special Tribunal preparing indictments related to the assassination, which is widely thought to have involved the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah...

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Two fighters from the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah were reportedly killed Monday in Syria near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Meanwhile, battles have been raging around the Syrian city of Homs for several days, and rebel forces claim that Hezbollah fighters have also been killed there. The news underscores the degree to which the Iran-backed...

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Syria is lashing out at Turkey and Jordan, accusing both countries of providing material and logistical assistance to opposition forces seeking to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime. The accusation is more or less accurate inasmuch as Turkey and Jordan are assisting the rebels. Syria state television, citing reports in The New...

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A Syrian jet carried out an air strike in Lebanon yesterday, flying 12 miles into Lebanese territory and firing a missile near the border town of Arsal. The incident is the latest in a series of strikes and counterstrikes that have seen Lebanon-based groups cross-fight in Syria and the Syrian...

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The head of Hezbollah’s executive council on Monday blasted the Obama administration for intervening in Lebanon’s affairs and sowing “crises” in the country: “We are to this day still working with all our might to ward off the specter of strife [hanging over] our country – a strife we have rejected...

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An operative from Iran’s Quds Force – an elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that conducts overseas terror operations – was caught by Bulgarian authorities conducting surveillance of Sofia’s only synagogue in July 2012, just days after the Burgas, Bulgaria bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian....

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