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Syrian-linked death toll grows in Lebanon's Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The death toll in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli reached 25 on Saturday in the seventh straight day of clashes between factions supporting opposing sides in Syria's two-year civil war, security sources said. Full story

Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover

Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. Full story

France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June

PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it hoped an initiative could be agreed by the end of June to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the EU's list of terrorist organizations on grounds the group is importing Syria's war into Lebanon. Full story

Three killed during Syria-related clashes in Lebanese city

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Three people were killed in further sectarian fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday, security sources said, raising the death toll from four days of sporadic conflict related to Syria's civil war to nine. Full story

Hezbollah in big Syria battle, Obama 'concerned'

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria's beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil war may spread and an urgent call for restraint from the United States. Full story

Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, 5 killed

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people have been killed and about 50 wounded in two days of fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, a spillover of violence from the civil war in Syria. Full story

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  As the Syrian uprising nears its second anniversary, has the conflict gotten better?

The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins talks about the role of Iran and Hezbollah in Syria and the impact of the struggles within the country.

  Activist Mia Farrow visits Syrian refugees

Unicef has recruited former actress and activist Mia Farrow to help bring awareness to the humanitarian crisis created by people fleeing war-torn Syria.

  Israeli planes hit convoy along Syria-Lebanon border

Cnbc's Michelle Carusa Cabrerra reports that sources have told NBC News Israeli warplanes have attacked a convoy of trucks believed to be carrying weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

  Fleeing Syrians pour into neighboring countries

Emma Murphy reports from Lebanon's Bekaa valley where aid that is available for more than half a million people fleeing the violence in Syria is beings stretched to its limits.

  Violence explodes in Beirut

Protesters rushed the prime minister’s office Sunday in Lebanon, ripping up barbed wire and hurling rocks. The situation, which started as a peaceful protest, has become a standoff between protesters and the military. It has also triggered concern that Syria’s civil war is spreading. NBC’s Stephanie

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