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With Syria in Turmoil, Iran Seeks Deeper Partner in Lebanon

May 25, 2012

Iran’s eagerness to shower money on Lebanon is the latest indication of just how worried Tehran is at the prospect that Syria’s leader could fall. full story

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Analysis: Syria contagion strikes deep into Lebanon

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets fired at Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut bring Syria's escalating civil war deeper into the heart of Lebanon and closer to unrestrained regional conflict.

reuters.com (23 days ago)

Memo From Jerusalem: Israel Is Drawn Into Syria’s Turmoil

Israelis are asking what their options are, as if they feel it has become impossible to avoid deeper involvement in Syria.

nytimes.com (27 days ago)

Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran

BEIRUT (AP) -- From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent threat had the weapons reached Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon....

ap.org (1 month and 12 days ago)

Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran

BEIRUT (AP) — From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent threat had the weapons reached Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.

boston.com (1 month and 12 days ago)

Iranian general killed while traveling from Syria to Lebanon

The slaying of Gen. Hassan Shateri is a strong indication that senior Iranian military commanders have been sent to Syria to aid President Bashar Assad's government.TEHRAN — Top political and security officials in Iran mourned Thursday for a general in the nation's Revolutionary Guard reportedly slain this week while traveling from Syria to Lebanon.

latimes.com (4 months and 4 days ago)

U.S.-Iranian Dialogue in Obama's Second Term

Now, Iran no longer poses a strategic threat to U.S. interests in the way it did just a few years ago, and the prospect of Iran solidifying an arc of influence from western Afghanistan to the Mediterranean has evaporated. Iran is on the defensive, trying to help its allies survive in Syria and Lebanon

townhall.com (4 months and 3 days ago)

Lebanon Dragged in as Hezbollah Joins Syria War

Lebanon's Shi'ite city of Hermel, a sprawling agricultural town of around 100,000 on Lebanon's border with Syria.

palmbeachpost.com (1 month and 22 days ago)

Lebanon parliament set to extend term amid turmoil

BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon's parliament moved Wednesday to extend its term, skipping scheduled elections because of the country's deteriorating security linked to the civil war next door in Syria....

ap.org (20 days ago)

Iran Vows Revenge On Israel

TEHRAN, Iran -- A senior Iranian official has vowed to take revenge on Israel for its alleged involvement in the killing of a commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard. The Guard has accused "mercenaries and supporters" of Israel being responsible for Wednesday's killing of Gen. Hassan Shateri on the road linking Damascus to Beirut. Israel has not commented on the...

huffingtonpost.com (4 months and 2 days ago)

Lebanon parliament set to extend term amid turmoil

Lebanon's parliament speaker has moved to extend the term of his legislature because elections cannot be held on schedule, a sign of growing turmoil. The decision comes as Syria's civil war spreads into neighboring Lebanon, heightening sectarian tensions in the deeply divided country. Lebanese politicians have been unable to agree on a law to govern elections, originally set...

foxnews.com (20 days ago)

With Syria in Turmoil, Iran Seeks Deeper Partner in Lebanon

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