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Hasan Nasrallah. (Al Bawaba file photo)
20:40 GMT

Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah has said that Hezbollah will remain fighting alongside troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and that its involvement in Syria was a calculated move.

June 14, 2013

Hezbollah supporters at a rally (AFP)
16:21 GMT

Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Friday that US 'interference' in Lebanon and the Middle East was the tip of the iceberg

Former prime minister Saad Hariri said Hezbollah defied Lebanon’s law and granted itself the right to make decisions on behalf of the nation.
08:30 GMT

Former prime minister Saad Hariri said Hezbollah defied Lebanon’s law and granted itself the right to make decisions on behalf of the nation.

June 13, 2013

Lovely interiors Yara, wonder who did the decorating? (Al Bawaba file photo)
17:21 GMT

Lebanese singer Yara has been having a sneaky affair with a married man who she hired to decorate her house.

Rita and Fares might just be friends but they are close ones for sure. (File photo).
17:06 GMT

It sounds like there never was love in the air between the Lebanese celebrity Rita Karkafi and singer Fares Karam.

Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari (Photos by Marco Milan)
05:00 GMT

The latest work by one of region's talented artists, Akram Zaatari, is up for display at the Venice Arsenale until November 24th. “Letter to a Refusing Pilot,” is a whimsical piece of recollection.

June 12, 2013

Lebanese army soldiers patrol Syria street in Tripoli earlier this month. They have warned Syria with "security measures" if any more rockets land in the country. AFP photo
17:12 GMT

After several civilians were injured after Syrian rockets landed in the Lebanese border town of Arsal on Wednesday, the Lebanese army has warned it will respond with "the necessary defensive measures" if a similar attack occurs.

Russian military helicopters (image used for illustrative purposes)
13:12 GMT

Lebanese border town of Arsal struck by missile fire from a Syrian helicopter on Wednesday, leaving several people wounded

Kuwaiti protesters set ablaze a picture of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah during a protest in front the Lebanese embassy against Hezbollah's and Iran's involvement in Syria, in Kuwait city on June 11 (Yasser al-Zayyat / AFP)
11:58 GMT

Protests against the Shiite militant group Hezbollah erupted in Kuwait, the day that seven supermarkets in the country began a boycott of Iranian products

A man rides his motorbike past a burnt out Syrian Army tank in a central Homs province earlier this week. AFP image
11:22 GMT

In an apparent move of retaliation, Syrian rebels enveloped the eastern Syrian village of Hatla, near Iraq, on Tuesday and killed 60 Shiites, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Qamar is just not catching a break these days, on TV or on the big screen.
10:46 GMT

Lebanese beauty Qamar has two strikes against her this month with the failure of her new movie and the canceling of her TV show.

Kuwaiti protesters set ablaze a picture of Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah during a protest in front the Lebanese embassy against Hezbollah's and Iran's involvement in Syria on Tuesday. AFP photo
09:41 GMT

The Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah, has proved through its involvement in the Syrian conflict, that it has chosen religion (sect) over the Lebanese state. This choice has already had serious consequences, and may cause an all-out civil war in the Levant.

The Golan Heights border crossing. (Al Bawaba file photo)
08:47 GMT

Austrian peacekeeping troops from the UN monitoring force in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights began their withdrawal from the border crossing on Wednesday, in light of escalating tension between the Syrians and Israelis.

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on May 29, 2013 allegedly shows members of the Al-Tawhid brigade firing missiles from Syria towards the Lebanese town of Hermel, a few kilometres from Baalbek in the Bekaa valley. AFP photo/YouTube
05:00 GMT

Syrian rebels allegedly fired rockets into the Lebanese town of Hermel on Tuesday night, injuring four and killing one civilian.

June 11, 2013

Pascale's dreams are coming true. The pop princess is on top of the world.
13:00 GMT

With more than a million views on YouTube in less than three weeks, Lebanese pop princess Pascale Machalaani’s “Girls Dreams” is a major hit!