Syria War Spurs US Military Aid To Lebanon - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Barbara Slavin

Barbara Slavin

Feb 20, 2013

People cross the Lebanese-Syrian border by foot after residents blocked the road in protest against what they said were the sending of diesel to the Syrian goverment, in northern Lebanon February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3DQO6 — People cross the Lebanese-Syrian border by foot in northern Lebanon, Feb. 13, 2013. — REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim

Tyres set ablaze by residents to protest against the kidnap of a hardline Sunni Lebanese supporter of the Syrian revolt against President Bashar al-Assad by Lebanese Alawites, block the main entrance of the northern Lebanese village of Wadi Khaled June 11, 2012, At least seven Lebanese and Syrian citizens have been kidnapped in northern Lebanon near the border with Syria, the first such reported abductions fuelled by tensions over the uprising in Syria that have spilled into its small neighbour. REUTERS/Ro

How Lebanon Can Avoid Another Civil War

Relatives of car bomb victims inspect the damaged cars at the bomb explosion site in front of al-Salam mosque in the port city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon August 24, 2013. Bombs hit two mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least 42 people and wounding hundreds, intensifying sectarian strife that has spilled over from the civil war in neighbouring Syria. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTX12UWT

Factional Politics Limit Effectiveness of Lebanon Army

Nicolas Lupo (Lebanon Pulse)

Nicolas Lupo (Lebanon Pulse)

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX3CVT2

Visiting Lebanon PM seeks to temper Washington’s anti-Hezbollah zeal

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Lebanon's military chief heads to US amid rising Israel-Hezbollah tension

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Adam Lucente

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