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A Syrian activist is silhouetted through the Syrian revolution flag during a protest against the participation of Hezbollah members in the fighting in the Syrian town of Qusair, at the Martyrs square in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday May 21, 2013. 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 Tuesday. Lebanese security officials said fighting between Syrian troops and rebels over the town of Qusair had spread to the village of Hit, on the Syrian side near the border with Lebanon. A Syrian activist is silhouetted th
A Lebanese activist holds a placard in which they replaced Hezbollah s logo with the word freedom, and its slogan of Hezbollah shall be victorious, with the words, the people shall be victorious, during a protest against the participation of Hezbollah members in the fighting in the Syrian town of Qusair, at the Martyrs square in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday May 21, 2013. 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 Tuesday. Lebanese security officials said fighting between Syrian troops and rebels over the town of Qusair had spread to the village of Hit, on the Syrian side near the border with Lebanon. A Lebanese activist holds a placard
Palestinians from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, carry flags and a banner during a sit-in marking the 65th anniversary of the Palestinians from the Democratic Fr
Palestinians from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine carry Palestinian and party flags during a sit-in marking the 65th anniversary of the Palestinians from the Democratic Fr
In this picture taken on Friday May 10, 2013, Syrian economist Abdullah al-Dardari, a chief economist at the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar Assad's government, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, In Beirut, Lebanon. Al-Dardari tells The Associated Press in a rare interview that his six-member expert team has been overwhelmed with requests for the reconstruction plan to support the Kerry-Lavrov initiative on the off chance it would succeed. A group of economists led by one of Syria's top reformists are feverishly drawing up a comprehensive post-war reconstruction plan, even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. In this picture taken on Friday May
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May, 9, 2013. Nasrallah said Syria will supply `game-changing' weapons to the Lebanese militant group. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasra
A Lebanese band plays music, during a rally to mark May Day, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Hundreds of Lebanese Communist party members marched to mark May Day, using the occasion to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country. A Lebanese band plays music, during
Supporters of the Lebanese Communist party, hold a banner with Arabic that reads, Supporters of the Lebanese Communis
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, waves to his supporters, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon s Hezbollah says Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad s regime, while strongly suggesting his Iranian-backed militant group could intervene on the government s side if the need arises. FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 20
In this picture released on late Saturday April 27, 2013 by Hezbollah media department, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, left, meets with Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, right, at unknown place in Beirut, Lebanon. Bogdanov called for a diplomatic solution to Syria's civil war based on the Geneva Communique of June 2012. The communique is a broad but ambiguous proposal endorsed by Western powers and Russia to provide a basis for negotiations. In this picture released on late Sa
In this Friday, April 26, 2013 photo, Syrian singer Abdel Karim Hamdan, performs during the Arab Idol Show broadcast by MBC Arabic satellite channel, in Zouk Mosbeh neighborhood, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Hamdan, a 25-year-old music student, who comes from a large, traditional and poor Muslim family in Aleppo, put himself through school by working by working at gas stations and constructions sites. He was determined to succeed, and neither fighting nor criticism from both sides of Syria's civil war was going to ruin his chance to let the Arab world hear him sing. In this Friday, April 26, 2013 phot
In this Friday, April 26, 2013 photo, Iraqi singer Barwas Hussein performs during the Arab Idol Show broadcast by MBC Arabic satellite channel, in Zouk Mosbeh neighborhood, north of Beirut, Lebanon. In her opening performance on the pan-Arab show, Barwas Hussein sang in Kurdish, but subsequently switched to Arabic and listed her country as Kurdistan, Iraq, after one of judges noted that the panel and the audience consider Kurdish provinces as integral parts of Iraq. In this Friday, April 26, 2013 phot
In this Friday, April. 26, 2013 photo, Syrian singer Farah Youssef, performs during the Arab Idol Show broadcast by MBC Arabic satellite channel, in Zouk Mosbeh neighborhood, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Youssef in a recent interview described her ordeal that has come to feature daily in the lives of Syrians caught up in the civil war that has killed more than 70,000 people and turned millions of other into refugees. In this Friday, April. 26, 2013 pho
Mikhail Bogdanov, left, Russian deputy foreign minister and special envoy to the Middle East, speaks with Metropolitan Elias Audi, right, the current Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church for the Archdiocese of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 26, 2013. Bogdanov is in Beirut for several days visit to meet with Lebanese officials. Mikhail Bogdanov, left, Russian dep
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, meets with Mikhail Bogdanov, left, Russian deputy foreign minister and special envoy to the Middle East, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 26, 2013. Bogdanov is in Beirut for several days visit to meet with Lebanese officials. In this photo released by Lebanon's
Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian deputy foreign minister and special envoy to the Middle East, speaks during a press conference upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bogdanov is in Beirut for several days visit to meet with Lebanese officials. Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian deputy fo
Lebanese Armenian men, their faces painted with colors of the Armenian flag, attend a rally marking the 98th anniversary of massacres on thousands of Armenians, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Armenian communities around the world mark the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians, on April 24 each year with marches, vigils and rallies to demand recognition from the world community, and reparations from Turkey. Turkey claims the number of deaths is inflated and says the victims were killed in civil unrest. Lebanese Armenian men, their faces
Lebanese Armenians hold banners against Turkey and Armenian national flags as they march to mark the 98th anniversary of massacres on thousands of Armenians, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Armenian communities around the world mark the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians, on April 24 each year with marches, vigils and rallies to demand recognition from the world community, and reparations from Turkey. Turkey claims the number of deaths is inflated and says the victims were killed in civil unrest. Lebanese Armenians hold banners aga
A graffiti on a Beirut wall reads, 'Live, Love Beirut' referring to the 15-year Lebanese civil war, on April 12, 2013. A graffiti on a Beirut wall reads,
A graffiti on a Beirut wall reads in Arabic, 'one April 13, is enough' referring to the Ain al-Rummaneh bus shooting which is said to have triggered the 15-year Lebanese civil war. A graffiti on a Beirut wall reads i
Archaeologists work at an excavation site in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Well preserved archaeological discoveries, like tombs dating back to iron and bronze ages, were recently discovered at a construction site at a neighborhood in Beirut. Archaeologists work at an excavatio
Lebanese Prime Minister designate Tammam Salam speaks to journalists at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Following two days of consultations, President Michel Suleiman asked legislator and former Minister of Culture Tammam Salam to form the new Cabinet after 124 of the 128-member parliament chose him for the job. Lebanese Prime Minister designate T
In this Thursday, April 4, 2013 photo, member of parliament and former minister of culture Tammam Salam listens during a meeting with a March 14 political coalition in Beirut, Lebanon. Salam has emerged as the leading candidate for the post of prime minister. Although leaning toward the Western-backed anti-Hezbollah coalition, Salam, who comes from a prominent Sunni Muslim family, is seen as a consensus figure. In this Thursday, April 4, 2013 pho
Workers unload emergency aid sent from Russia, at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The Russian plane carrying 36 tons of food, blankets, generators and other assistance is the first of four Russian planes expected to arrive carrying assistance for over 350,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Workers unload emergency aid sent f
Lebanese anti-government protesters dismantle their tents which were set as an open sit-in since 5 months ago in front the government palace, seen in the background, after the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced his resignation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday march 22, 2013. Lebanon's prime minister resigned Friday due to government infighting that threatens to leave a void in the state's highest ranks at a time of rising tensions and sporadic violence enflamed by the civil war in neighboring Syria. Lebanese anti-government protesters
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. Lebanon's prime minister has resigned due to an impasse over a new election law and the Cabinet's refusal to extend the tenure of the country's police chief. The Hezbollah-dominated cabinet has also refused to extend the tenure of Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, Lebanon's police chief, whom it considers a foe. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikat
Thailand's coach Winfried Schafer from Germany, gives his instructions to his players during their soccer game against Lebanon of 2015 Asian Cup qualifier match, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday March 22, 2013. Lebanon trounced Thailand 5-2 in a 2015 Asian Cup qualifier to give the country's football fans a much-needed morale boost after their sport was hit by a match-fixing scandal. Thailand's coach Winfried Schafer f
Lebanon's Hassan Chaito, right, celebrates with his teammate Abbas Atwi, left, his second goal against Thailand, during the 2015 Asian Cup qualifier match, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday March 22, 2013. Lebanon trounced Thailand 5-2 in a 2015 Asian Cup qualifier to give the country's football fans a much-needed morale boost after their sport was hit by a match-fixing scandal. Lebanon's Hassan Chaito, right, cel
Lebanon's Mohammad Chamass, background, fights for the ball against Thailand's Anthony Ampaipitakwong, during the 2015 Asian Cup qualifier match, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday March 22, 2013. Lebanon trounced Thailand 5-2 in a 2015 Asian Cup qualifier to give the country's football fans a much-needed morale boost after their sport was hit by a match-fixing scandal. Lebanon's Mohammad Chamass, backgro
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