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Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackdown Witnesses say that Syrian security forces moved into the Damascus suburb of Kaswah Saturday, a day after they surrounded the area and swooped down on protesters. A Syrian rights group says at least 20 peopl
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 30 November 2006 In the aftermath of yet another political assassination in Lebanon, analysts say political and sectarian tensions are at the highest point since the end of the civil war more than 15 years ago. But despi
By Paula Wolfson White House 31 July 2006 President Bush says he is determined to end the war between Israeli forces and Lebanese-based Hezbollah militants, and will push for a sustainable peace at the United Nations. President Bush delivers speech
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 26 July 2006 Crisis talks on Lebanon have been held at a conference on the Middle East in Rome, but no agreement was reached on an immediate ceasefire. The meeting was co-chaired by Italy and the United States. -------- D
By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 25 July 2006 Southern Lebanon is bearing the brunt of Israeli airstrikes that have now gone on nearly two weeks. The towns and villages of the Shiite-dominated south have been pounded by artillery, killing more th
By Margaret Besheer Washington 26 January 2006 Besheer report - Download 496k Listen to Besheer report Saad Hariri, the son and political heir of Rafik Hariri, the slain former Lebanese prime minister
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 July 2006 The U.N. refugee agency is sending the first convoys of aid for Lebanon from Syria today. The UNHCR says it plans to deliver 400 tons of emergency relief supplies to Beirut over three days. ---------- Lebanese Red
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 The Shi'ite-dominated regions of southern Lebanon and south Beirut have been heavily bombed by Israeli jets. On Thursday afternoon, VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough joined other journalists on a tour of
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 07 August 2006 watch Opinion report Diplomatic efforts are intensifying as Israeli warplanes continue to pound southern Lebanon. The U.S. says it is working closely with European leaders and the U.N. Security Council to
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 March 2008 Israel is extending an olive branch to Syria. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Cabinet Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer says Israel is making every effort... to bring Syria back to the nego
By Challiss McDonough Tyre 28 July 2006 As Israel's military offensive in Lebanon continues for a third week, the death toll on both sides of the border is climbing. There has been intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli troops, and Israeli a
By Margaret Besheer Beirut 17 August 2006 Lebanon's army is deploying south of the Litani river for the first time in decades. Meanwhile, two Lebanese political leaders lashed out at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accusing him of trying to sow di
By Paula Wolfson White House 21 August 2006 President Bush is calling for the quick deployment of an international force in Lebanon. Mr. Bush is also substantially increasing U.S. aid to the Lebanese people. The president says there is an urgent nee
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 24 August 2006 Arthur Mutambara, the Zimbabwe opposition leader who returned from South Africa to run for political office, took his campaign to his home district this week. The political rally was the first in Mutambara's
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 May 2007 There is political turmoil in Israel after an official probe issued a damning report on the government's handling of last year's war in Lebanon. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel's emb
Syrian Conflict Gives Hope for Families of Missing Lebanese Ali Abou Dehn has wounds he says were inflicted by the Syrian army before his release in 2000 as part of a Syrian diplomatic gesture. Dehn says he was imprisoned in Syria for 13 years. I was
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met Friday with Lebanese leaders in Beirut, two weeks before parliamentary elections. Lebanon's Western-backed government is locked in a close electoral contest with the pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies. Vice Preside
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 October 2007 Israel has confirmed that it carried out an air strike in Syria in early September. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, leaders on both sides have said they do not want a war. Lifting a
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 15 October 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo) Bosnia, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria were elected Thursday to non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms starting Janua
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned the bomb blast that struck a U.S. embassy vehicle Tuesday in Beirut as an act of terrorism. During a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rice said the United States will not be deterred in its