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Arab football fans turn to Israel TV for World Cup
by Barbara Surk - July 9, 2014 - 7:02am
With the World Cup in faraway Brazil coming at a time of unprecedented sectarian violence and soaring tension in the Middle East, some Arab football fans have been reduced to watching matches in secret or even —...
Mideast conflicts meet in tiny patch of Lebanon
by Barbara Surk - April 27, 2014 - 3:16am
This small, scenic patch of land where the frontiers of Syria, Lebanon and Israel converge has long been a flashpoint, with Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops positioned face to face in close quarters across undefined...
Egypt's antiquities fall victim to political chaos
by Barbara Surk - December 5, 2013 - 5:45am
The century-old home of Egypt's mummies and King Tutankhamun's treasures is trying to make the best out of the worst times of political turmoil.
Syrian refugee children work, provide for families
by Barbara Surk - November 30, 2013 - 7:20am
Every morning in northeastern Lebanon, hundreds of Syrian children are picked up from refugee settlements, loaded onto trucks and taken to the fields or shops for a day's work that earns $4 or less.
Rights group: Syrian regime behind chemical attack
by Barbara Surk - September 11, 2013 - 6:20am
An international human rights group said yesterday that evidence "strongly suggests" Syrian government forces fired rockets with warheads containing a nerve agent — most likely sarin — into a Damascus...
Rival rebel factions fight in Syria's largest city
by Barbara Surk - July 14, 2013 - 2:08am
Western-backed opposition fighters and a faction of al-Qaida-linked rebels turned their guns on each other yesterday in Syria's largest city, battling for control of a key checkpoint in the latest eruption of infighting...
Activists say at least 100,000 killed in Syria war
by Barbara Surk - June 27, 2013 - 2:23am
BEIRUT — More than 100,000 people have been killed since the start of the Syrian conflict over two years ago, an activist group said yesterday.
Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key town
by Barbara Surk - May 22, 2013 - 4:20am
Backed by elite troops of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Syrian government forces fought rebels in a strategic opposition-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border for the third straight day yesterday.
Syria rebels attack Aleppo prison; Internet back
by Barbara Surk - May 16, 2013 - 4:21am
Syrian rebels attacked the main prison in the northern city of Aleppo yesterday with a pair of car bombs in an attempt to free hundreds of regime opponents believed to be held in the facility, activists said.
Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east
by Barbara Surk - May 7, 2013 - 3:11am
Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling military air base in the...
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