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Mohammed Khier Qalaji, the brother of Firas Qalaji a Syrian man who died during the floods in the Libyan city of Derna, shows through his mobile phone the children of his brother who were also killed with their father, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Firas Qalaji, 45, a car mechanic, had been living in Libya since 2000 and his wife Rana Khateeb and their six children were to be buried in Libya, the family said in a statement. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

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Dozens of Syrians are among the missing in catastrophic floods in Libya, a war monitor says
By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press
Sat,09/16/23-12:06AM , 172 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian dentist, a confectioner who made mouthwatering Arabic sweets, a carpenter.

Syrians from all walks of life had left their war-torn country for the Libyan city of Derna over the past years, looking for work and better opportunities.
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A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands on his armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in a coalition that has kept on a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could be an opportunity for the radical group to re-emerge. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

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Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group
By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press
Wed,09/06/23-12:20AM , 95 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could be an opportunity for the radical group to reemerge.
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Residents dig a grave at a cemetery on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Wazzani with the walled northern part of Ghajar village in the background, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The little village of Ghajar has been a point of contention between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The dispute has begun to heat up again.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Moves at a small border village hike Israel-Hezbollah tensions at a time of regional jitters
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Fri,07/14/23-1:31AM , 313 Reads
KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — The little village of Ghajar has been a sore point between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But after a long period of calm, the dispute has begun to heat up again.
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Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, in Kaslik, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 29, 2020. A Lebanese judge on Monday June 19, 2023, questioned auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut over possible links to a former French Cabinet minister who was charged two years ago for dealing with him, officials familiar with the case said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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Auto tycoon Ghosn files $1 billion lawsuit in Lebanon against Nissan over his imprisonment in Japan
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Tue,06/20/23-5:46AM , 148 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Nissan and about a dozen individuals in Beirut over his imprisonment in Japan and what he says is misinformation spread against him, Lebanese officials said Tu
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