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Elias Murr: Russian experts inspect Lebanese airports before MiG-29 jet arrival

Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said on Thursday that Russian experts are inspecting military airports in Lebanon to ensure that they are equipped to receive the 10 MiG-29 jets donated by Moscow to the Lebanese Armed Forces...

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Suspect evades pursuit after clashes with LAF

Daily Star staff Saturday, October 31, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: A wanted suspect escaped a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) patrol on Thursday and dumped the body of another suspect after exchanging gunshots...

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Lebanese military source denies establishing a US airbase in Hamat, As-Safir reports

As-Safir newspaper reported on Tuesday that a source in the Lebanese military denied reports about the US building an airbase in Hamat. The source told the paper that any proposals to refurbish the unused runway in Hamat,...

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Army arrests suspects in attack on military patrol

The Lebanese Army has arrested two fugitives from justice and is investigating their involvement in last month's deadly attack on a military patrol in Riyaq. An army statement, issued on Friday, said that Ajaj Aref Jaafar and...

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Daily Star Political News: Syria backtracks on decision to hand over suspects in troops' killing...

Political intervention by Lebanese parties has apparently prompted Syria to retract a decision to turn over suspects in April's deadly attack against a Lebanese Army patrol, media reports claimed Wednesday. Lebanese nationals...

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Turkish authorities arrest main suspect in attacks against LAF

A Turkish media source told An-Nahar newspaper Friday that the Turkish authorities arrested Hussein Jaafar, the main suspect in the attack against the Lebanese Armed Froces in the Bekaa neighborhood of Riyaq two weeks ago. The...

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the Australian bridge of Tripoli

The weather turned unexpectedly hot here in New York this past weekend: yesterday the high was around 90F. The summer weather reminded me of Lebanon - not Beirut’s soggy heat, but the dry heat further north towards Tripoli. And...

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Can a Broken-Windows Policy Work in Lebanon?

Lebanese army soldier carry the coffin of their colleague Mohamed Ahmad Mroun after he and three other soldiers were killed and thirteen were injured in an attack that targeted a Lebanese army patrol in Riyaq village in the...

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Jaafar family says will not protect army assailants

Army Commander Jean Kahwaji received on Friday a delegation composed of the tribes of the Baalbek region, the Jaafar family and the Shiia Mufti of Baalbek, Sheikh Khalil Shoucair. On behalf of the delegation, Yassine Ali Hamad...

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NLP denounces attacks on army

The National Liberal party denounced on Friday attacks on the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces, “and doubting its integrity and effectiveness.â€_ A statement following their meeting said that any “attempt...

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