Following a personal dispute between van owners for public transportation, security forces successfully reopened Aley international highway to both sides of traffic.
(update) Security forces reopen Aley international highway
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PM Hariri: Lebanon at ‘breaking point’ due to refugees
1 April 2017 at 14:15 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has warned that his country is close to “breaking point” due to strains of hosting more than one million Syrian refugees, fearing that unrest could escalate from tensions between refugees and local communities. Speaking […]
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U.S. Ambassador Honors Lebanese Women in Security and Justice
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard on Tuesday held a reception to “honor and showcase the positive contributions of Lebanese women in security and the rule of law, and to celebrate the dynamic, diverse, and positive roles that women play in society,” a U.S. Embassy […]
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Iraq Says IS Ripped Apart by Airstrikes as It Fled Fallujah
Iraqi commanders said Thursday that Islamic State group fighters fleeing their once emblematic bastion of Fallujah had taken a heavy toll from strikes by both Iraqi and US-led coalition aircraft. They said at least 260 vehicles were destroyed and 150 militants killed in strikes that […]