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December 10th, 2018 - 10:03 GMT

Israel Starts Operations on Lebanese Border to Stop Claimed Hizbollah Attack Tunnels

Israeli excavators Monday started building a dirt barrier opposite the southern Lebanese village of Mais al-Jabal, the town’s mayor said.

Mohammad Jemo, in an undated handout image from SANA. (source: AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA)

July 19th, 2013 - 09:21 GMT

Army: Jealousy, not politics, behind official’s death

(Source: AFP file photo/Anwar Amro)

July 18th, 2013 - 08:00 GMT

Friend of Assir ordered to leave refugee camp in Lebanon

Al-Nusra Front Flag (courtesy of wikipedia)

July 15th, 2013 - 01:58 GMT

Whose side are they on anyway? Syria's Islamist groups

Friday prayer is held in an area in Beirut that Salafi Cleric Ahmad al-Assir is purported to have many supporters (Source: AFP)

July 14th, 2013 - 09:54 GMT

Lebanese Minister releases video showing Assir as the aggressor

Residents gather at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburb neighbourhood of Bir al-Abed on July 9, 2013. (Source AFP/STR)

July 11th, 2013 - 06:43 GMT

CIA warned Lebanese authorities prior to Beirut suburb blast

Is Fadel a goner? (Image: Facebook)

July 11th, 2013 - 06:41 GMT

From Singer to Rebel: Fadel Shaker may receive the death penalty

Sidon's mufti Sheikh Salim Sousan (R) prays inside the Bilal bin Rabah mosque, in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon on June 29, 2013 (Source: AFP/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)

July 5th, 2013 - 06:19 GMT

Lebanese Sunni militant cleric condemns Hizbullah and Lebanese army in audio recording

Last week, the Lebanese Army launched a crackdown on Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Assir after his gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in Abra, east of the southern city of Sidon, killing three soldiers. (Source: AFP)

July 3rd, 2013 - 12:20 GMT

Lebanese bishops say no to militancy

A Lebanese soldier monitors the area outside the Bilal bin Rabah mosque, scene of this week's deadly clashes between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, in the Abra district of Sidon. (AFP)

June 30th, 2013 - 06:43 GMT

Two people die in Tripoli as tensions escalate in Lebanon

Supporters of Lebanon's radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir perform the weekly Friday prayers as they gather to show their support to Assir in the southern city of Sidon on June 28, 2013. Lebanese security forces have launched a manhunt for Assir, after clashes with his supporters in Sidon killed 17 soldiers. (Source: AFP/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)

June 29th, 2013 - 05:51 GMT

Demonstrators throughout Lebanon gather to show support of militant Sheikh Ahmad Assir

(Screengrab from the YouTube video posted on Thursday 27 June)

June 27th, 2013 - 12:46 GMT

Lebanon army to investigate unit accused of filming, beating detainee

Lebanese Sunni Muslim Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir (L) holding the hand of Lebanese singer Fadel Shaker during a small concert where he sang Muslim hymns in the southern city of Sidon (Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP)

June 25th, 2013 - 02:20 GMT

Lebanese cleric turned mosque into military base