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Clashes displace residents of Lebanon's Arsal

Beirut, Lebanon - Clashes between Syrian fighters and the Lebanese army continued for a third day in the northeast Lebanese town of Arsal, as many residents fled and others were caught in the violence and forced to stay behind. At least 11 Lebanese soldiers were killed...

Lebanese army advances in border battle with Islamists

(Reuters) - The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of the three-year-old Syrian civil war into Lebanon, and the Beirut government said the deadly assault would not go unpunished. With army...

8 troops killed as Syria rebels raid Lebanese town

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels who crossed into Lebanon and raided a border town have killed eight Lebanese soldiers, the military said Sunday, as clashes there continued overnight in the most serious spillover yet in the tiny country from its neighbor's civil war. The fighting...

Assad troops kill over 50 jihadists near Lebanon

Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah killed at least 50 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Qaeda-affiliate Al-Nusra Front late Friday, activists said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamists clashed...