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
Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday. Full story
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
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.
Unicef has recruited former actress and activist Mia Farrow to help bring awareness to the humanitarian crisis created by people fleeing war-torn Syria.
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.
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.
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
People inspect the damage after overnight clashes in Al-Koubbeh, in Tripoli May 23, 2013. Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday. Tripoli has s
A Lebanese Sunni gunman holding a weapon takes up a position in Al- Koubbeh, in Tripoli May 23, 2013. Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday.Tr
Soldiers open a road that was blocked by supporters of Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir during the funeral of Saleh Ahmed Sabagh, a Hezbollah member, in the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon May 22, 2013. Syria's leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the countr
Lebanon's Hezbollah members carry Hezbollah and Lebanese flags as they parade during a rally marking the party's Martyrs Day in Beirut's suburbs November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Sharif Karim
