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Is there a way for them both to lose?

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Posted by    Monday, February 18, 2013 at 11:58am

From The Daily Star in Lebanon, one of the best websites for news about what’s happening there and in Syria, Three Hezbollah fighters, 12 Syrian rebels killed in clashes:

Three Hezbollah fighters and 12...

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More tick tock in Syria

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Posted by    Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 5:09pm

Like I said Friday, the fuse has been lit.  I think it’s too late for Assad to put it out without a major blow up.

Now the Arab League, in an unprecedented move, has imposed economic sanctions on Syria, including travel bans on senior officials and other measures which will make it...

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Beirut 1983

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Posted by    Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:30am

This week in 1983 Iranian backed Shiites bombed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 299 Marines and French soldiers.

The Marines had been sent as part of an international peacekeeping force in the wake of the Lebanese civil war.  Iranian-backed Shiites who later formed Hezbollah carried out the attack:

Although no group...

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“Reform” In Syria

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Posted by    Monday, May 30, 2011 at 11:36am

The head of Hezbollah has visited Syria to discuss “reforms“:

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in order to discuss reforms in Syria, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, identified with Hezbollah, reported on Monday.

Nasrallah “held more than one meeting with President Assad to discuss reforms in Syria”, the report...

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