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A protester covers himself from flames during a protest against deteriorating living conditions and strict coronavirus lockdown measures, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Violent confrontations overnight between protesters and security forces in northern Lebanon left a 30-year-old man dead and more than 220 people injured, the state news agency said Thursday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Unrest grows in crisis-hit Lebanon amid

by Fadi Tawil Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressJanuary 28, 2021

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese security forces fired volleys of tear gas at rock-throwing youth in the northern city of Tripoli on Thursday amid outrage over the death of a 30-year-old protester after violent confrontations with security forces the…

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, speaks during a press conference after his government was announced, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon. On Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, the Lebanese prosecutor probing this summer's port explosion in Beirut filed charges against Diab, and three former ministers, Lebanon's official news agency said. All four were charged with negligence leading to deaths over the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut port, which killed more than 200 people and injured thousands. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

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Charges in Beirut port blast stir controversy in Lebanon

by Zeina Karam Associated PressDecember 11, 2020

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, speaks during a press conference after his government was announced, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon. On Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, the Lebanese prosecutor probing this summer's port explosion in Beirut filed charges against Diab, and three former ministers, Lebanon's official news agency said. All four were charged with negligence leading to deaths over the Aug. 4...

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Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM in August port explosion

by Zeina Karam Associated PressDecember 10, 2020

A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressAugust 5, 2020

In this photo provided by The Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, flag draped coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike, carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during their funeral in southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, on Sunday.

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Hezbollah vows to end US military presence in region

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressJanuary 5, 2020

In this photo provided by Rojava Media Center, a pro-Kurdish media group, Syrians carry their belongings, as they flee Ras al Ayn, in northeast Syria, on Wednesday.

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Turkish offensive sparks yet another Syrian exodus

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressOctober 10, 2019

This image made from video posted on a militant website on Monday, April 29, 2019, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media outlet. Al-Baghdadi acknowledged in his first video since June 2014 that IS lost the war in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz that was captured last month by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (Al-Furqan media via AP)

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ISIS leader appears in video for first time in 5 years

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressApril 29, 2019

In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 photo, pictures of militiamen who died fighting the Islamic State group over the past four years and weapons are on display in the Popular Mobilization Forces War Museum on al-Mutanabi Street, Baghdad, Iraq. The museum is meant to honor the fallen but it also underscores the Iran-backed Shiite militias’ growing clout in the country. Their political and military might soared after they helped the government defeat IS and they’re now accused of building a parallel state within Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Remembering, honoring those lost to war

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated PressFebruary 15, 2019

In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 image from video provided by Hawar News Agency, ANHA, an online Kurdish news service, civilians flee fighting near Baghouz, Syria. Fierce fighting was underway Monday between U.S.-backed Syrian forces and the Islamic State group around the extremists' last foothold in eastern Syria. The capture of the IS-held village of Baghouz and nearby areas would mark the end of a four-year global war to end IS' territorial hold over large parts of Syria and Iraq, where the group established its self-proclaimed "caliphate" in 2014. (ANHA via AP)

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Fierce battles persist near final ISIS foothold in eastern Syria

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressFebruary 11, 2019

A photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on Dec. 16, 2018, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) meeting with Sudan’s President Omar Bashir in Damascus, Syria. After nearly eight years of conflict, Assad is poised to be readmitted to the fold of Arab nations.

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Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria’s Assad

by Zeina Karam Associated PressJanuary 13, 2019