Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said.Full story
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have begun ethnically cleansing Sunni Muslims and deliberately pushing refugees across the border into Lebanon, the Lebanese caretaker minister for social affairs said on Tuesday. Full story
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead four Shi'ite Muslim men in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in an ambush on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest sectarian violence close to the border with Syria. Full story
Shi'ite Hezbollah has pledged its full support for Bashar Al Assad in his war against the largely Sunni rebel forces. This has sharpened the sectarian divides in Lebanon. As Channel 4’s Jonathan Rugman reports, there's been an increase in the cross-border attacks targeting Shia areas of Lebanon and
If the Russians have in fact provided anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, they could be used to shoot down Western planes, or fend off Israeli airstrikes. Meanwhile, the Syrian civil war has spilled over into Lebanon where troops have been deployed. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.
The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons and the BBC’s Kim Ghattas discuss Sen. John McCain’s trip to Syria and whether his message is gaining traction in Congress.
There are new fears on Sunday that the conflict in Syria could be spilling over into Lebanon after two rockets exploded in Beirut. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.
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.
Prominent conservative cleric Da'i al-Islam al-Shahhal is seen during a sit-in protest in solidarity with Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir and his supporters in the port city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, June 18, 2013.Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in th
A Lebanese soldier walks past a damaged car, as they patrol a street in Abra, near Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 18, 2013. Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, killing one, a security source said, rocking a city where div
Sunni Muslim gunmen and supporters of Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir walk with their weapons in Abra, near Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 18, 2013. Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, killing one, a security source said,
Sunni Muslim gunmen and supporters of Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir are seen with their weapons in Abra, near Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 18, 2013. Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, killing one, a security source sa
