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Qaeda group says behind Beirut bombing

  The al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Saturday claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing last week in the stronghold of the “criminal” Shiite militant group Hezbollah. ISIL penetrated the “security system of the Party...

Man behind Beirut suicide bombing identified: official

Lebanon’s army intelligence believes a young man from the north of the country may have detonated himself in a deadly southern Beirut attack, an official in the area said Friday. “The father of young Qutaiba al-Satem has been called in by the army intelligence branch in...

Israel tests Arrow missile shield over Hezbollah threat

Israel has successfully tested its upgraded Arrow missile interceptor for the second time. The warhead is designed to manoeuvre in space to counter what Israel considers a ballistic threat from Lebanon’s Hezbollah as well as Syria and Iran. The United States and Israel have been...

Iraq suffers worst year of violence since 2008

Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, fuelled by widespread discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and Syria's civil war, figures released Wednesday showed. Bombs tore through markets, cafes, football fields and mosques, militants assaulted prisons, police...