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| Supporters, opponents of Hezbollah protest in Sidon |
| By Mohammad Zaatari | April 12, 2013 06:25 PM |
| Supporters and opponents of Hezbollah protested in separate neighborhoods of Sidon Friday, reigniting tensions and fears over a recurrence of security incidents in the city. |
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| Assir ignores Army appeal, holds protest in Sidon |
| March 03, 2013 04:44 PM (Last Updated: 03/03/2013 04:56 PM) |
| Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir ignores the army’s appeal to stay in the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque and carries out a protest in the southern city of Sidon. |
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| Berri warily welcomes new security measures |
| By Wassim Mroueh | March 01, 2013 02:05 AM |
| Speaker Nabih Berri told The Daily Star that the security situation in the country had reached a dangerous level, adding that new security measures undertaken by the Higher Defense Council could “backfire.” |
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| Protesters prevent Assir from visiting Arsal |
| By Rakan al-Fakih | February 14, 2013 01:31 AM |
| Tensions were heightened in villages near the Bekaa town of Arsal Wednesday after residents blocked roads upon the news that Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir would be making a visit to the area. |
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| Assir supporters peacefully rally in Sidon |
| By Mohammad Zaatari | December 02, 2012 11:29 AM (Last Updated: 02/12/2012 05:27 PM) |
| Around 1500 supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir peacefully rally in the southern city of Sidon amid tight security measures. |
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| Warrants out for Ain al-Hilweh shooting suspects |
| By Mohammed Zaatari | November 30, 2012 01:42 AM |
| The attorney general of south Lebanon, Judge Samih al-Haj, issued warrants Thursday for 13 suspects in the shooting outside of Ain al-Hilweh earlier this month. |
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| Assir delays decision to form resistance brigade |
| By Mohammed Zaatari | November 19, 2012 01:28 AM |
| Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir said over the weekend that he would delay a decision to form a resistance brigade in Sidon in order to consult with religious scholars. |
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| Assir says suspends plans for military wing |
| By Mohammed Zaatari | November 17, 2012 02:40 PM |
| Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir says he is suspending a decision to form a resistance brigade in the southern city of Sidon and will consult with religious scholars on the matter. |
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| Assir might form military armed wing: source |
| By Mohammed Zaatari | November 13, 2012 02:10 AM |
| Two slain bodyguards of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir were laid to rest in Sidon Monday, as sources said that the controversial preacher might form his own armed wing. |
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| Lebanese Parliament website hacked |
| February 23, 2013 11:04 AM (Last Updated: 23/02/2013 03:05 PM) |
| The website of the Lebanese Parliament hacked by a group that identifies itself as “Team Kuwaiti Hackers.” |
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| Nasrallah warns rivals not to provoke Hezbollah |
| February 28, 2013 01:47 AM |
| Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah Wednesday issued a strongly worded warning against what he said were attempts to incite Sunni-Shiite strife in Lebanon, advising his rivals: “Don’t make any miscalculations with us.” |
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| Future bloc to announce Arsal initiative |
| February 11, 2013 01:25 AM |
| The Future Movement will announce an initiative to solve the Arsal crisis after meeting with the Army’s chief Monday, Future MP Atef Majdalani said Sunday. |
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| Don’t give in to Lebanon’s men in black |
| By Michael Young | January 31, 2013 01:24 AM |
| Evidently no one can free Lebanon of its turbulent priests. The latest example is the decision of the mufti of the republic, Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, to declare that Muslims who support civil marriage would no longer be considered Muslim. |
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| Law of the jungle |
| January 29, 2013 12:39 AM |
| Under Lebanon’s current government the rule of law has in fact become the exception, with entirely different meaning to those who have the privilege of political protection and those who do not. |
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