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IRAQ: Home Raids Provoke Increased Unrest
Renewed raids at Iraqi homes by joint U.S.-Iraqi security forces are angering Iraqis - while failing to improve the worsening security situation.IRAQ: U.S. Resorting to ‘Collective Punishment’
U.S. forces are taking to collective punishment of civilians in several cities across the al-Anabar province west of Baghdad, residents and officials say.IRAQ: Fallujah Under Threat Yet Again
After enduring two major assaults, Fallujah is under threat from U.S. forces again, residents say.IRAQ: U.S. Losing Control Fast
The U.S. military has lost control over the volatile al-Anbar province, Iraqi police and residents say.IRAQ: U.S. Losing Control Fast
The U.S. military has lost control over the volatile al-Anbar province, Iraqi police and residents say.MIDEAST: Hezbollah Rides a New Popularity
As the war in Lebanon approaches the one-month mark, and amid the destruction of much of Lebanon, Hezbollah appears to be gaining strength within the country and around the Arab world.MIDEAST: A City Lives On With Its Ill-Fated Charm
The poster on the corniche near the American University campus in Beirut has become justly well known. It shows a Muslim woman in full black abaya walking next to a slender woman in a bikini. Together, they're the face of Beirut.MIDEAST: A City Lives On With Its Ill-Fated Charm
The poster on the corniche near the American University campus in Beirut has become justly well known. It shows a Muslim woman in full black abaya walking next to a slender woman in a bikini. Together, they're the face of Beirut.MIDEAST: ‘No Hezbollah Rockets Fired from Qana’
Red Cross workers and residents of Qana, where Israeli bombing killed at least 60 civilians, have told IPS that no Hezbollah rockets were launched from the city before the Israeli air strike.MIDEAST: Lebanese Red Cross Repeatedly Targeted
Israeli warplanes are attacking the Lebanese Red Cross repeatedly, members of the medical aid group say.MIDEAST: ‘No Hezbollah Rockets Fired from Qana’
Red Cross workers and residents of Qana, where Israeli bombing killed at least 60 civilians, have told IPS that no Hezbollah rockets were launched from the city before the Israeli air strike.MIDEAST: “If You Haven’t Left, You’re Hezbollah”
The Israeli attack on Qana has taken the biggest toll of the war, but it is only one of countless lethal attacks on civilians in Lebanon.Large numbers fled the south after Israelis dropped leaflets warning of attacks. Others have been unable to leave, often because they have not found the means. Israel's justice minister announced on Israeli army radio that "all those in south Lebanon are terrorists who are related in some way to Hezbollah."
MIDEAST: ‘If You Haven’t Left, You’re Hezbollah’
The Israeli attack on Qana has taken the biggest toll of the war, but it is only one of countless lethal attacks on civilians in Lebanon.MIDEAST: Oil Spill Hits Lebanon
Israeli air strikes on an electricity plant have released oil that has now spread over much of Lebanon's coastline.MIDEAST: Israelis Accused of Using Illegal Weapons
The Israeli military is using illegal weapons against civilians in southern Lebanon, according to several reports.MIDEAST: Death Toll Could Be Twice the Official Figure
Lebanese doctors, aid workers and refugees are all reporting that the official number of dead in Lebanon is far lower than the actual.MIDEAST: Fractured Govt Leads Devastated Country
Amidst the rapidly worsening situation in Lebanon, the government finds itself too weak and divided to deal either with the Israel or with Hezbollah.MIDEAST: Fractured Govt Leads Devastated Country
Amidst the rapidly worsening situation in Lebanon, the government finds itself too weak and divided to deal either with the Israel or with Hezbollah.MIDEAST: Hezbollah Could Be Gaining Strength
The continuing Israeli bombing of south Lebanon and south Beirut might just have strengthened the Hezbollah.MIDEAST: Crisis Brings Rice, Not Peace
U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has come and gone, but the conflict in Lebanon continues. Most Lebanese believe she had little to say for them through her talks with leaders of the region.MIDEAST: Refugees Have Only Their Anger
Among hundreds of thousands of refugees scattered across city parks, schools and abandoned buildings in Beirut, new and chilling words have been doing the rounds.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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