BEIRUT ( The Daily Star ): Lebanese Army defector Abdallah Shehadeh in a video released Thursday said Hezbollah’s "manipulation" of the military and its "discrimination" against Sunni personnel were what prompted him to join the Nusra Front. “We enlisted in the Army in order to...

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  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime armed forces on Thursday have continued aerial bombardment ground shelling on rebel-held Jobar neighborhood and neighboring outskirts, killing 14 people, activists and monitoring group said. Regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists reported sporadic clashes on the 'disputed' Qalamoun Mountains between Syrian rebels and fighters of Lebanese militia Hezbollah, saying on Wednesday bodies of 6 Shiite militants were delivered to their families in southern Lebanon....