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How a few well defended mountain villages of the Druze people held back a major Hezbollah onslaught and Won the day. Image: http://img.timeinc.net/time/i/logo_time_print.gif Hizballah's Toughest Foe in Lebanon By Nicholas Blanford/Qmatiyeh The Druze are legendary for their ferocity in defending their traditional mountain stronghold in the Chouf. It was reported that some Druze supporters of the Hizballah...
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reports from Mount Lebanon, on the fighting between the Druze and the Muslim Shiites, dividing the area. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-z1KVI9ulg
Aley, Lebanon - Munira Chuheib looked across this mountainous summer resort and shook her head Monday in the aftermath of clashes that pitted members of her community and the opposition led-Hezbollah. I am shocked and deceived, she said. The home o...
... by a Hizballah takeover of the capital, Beirut, and its attack on towns and villages in Mount Lebanon. The group's statement, highlighted a number of human rights abuses investigated by the NGO: Members of the opposition groups – Hezbollah, Amal, and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) – used small arms and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs, often referred to as B7s) in densely populated...
Tuesday was a day of mourning as Hezbollah and the Druze buried their sons and daughters who were killed during the week end when the the Hezbollah militia used their resistance weapons to attack the Druze strongholds of Mount Lebanon Time shown on the left is the local time in Beirut, Lebanon The Arab ministerial committee arrived Wednesday morning and has had meetings with Lebanese leaders...
... the country's Shiite community. Speaking ahead of the launch of Hizballah's attack on Beirut and Mount Lebanon, the Mufti called on the Lebanese state to impose its control on all Lebanese territory. Fellow blogger Abu Kais is following the Mufti's case closely, and writes: ...Hizbullah continues to muzzle its critics within the Shia community. The anti-Hizbullah Tyre Mufti Ali al-Amin,...
... him to coordinate with Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah the cessation of the fighting in Mount Lebanon, Aley, Chouf and the Maten region, the power centers of the Druze. In return, Jumblatt ordered his people to lay down their arms and hand them over to the Lebanese Army. Within the framework of the well-planned battle Hezbollah is conducting with the aim of changing the balance...
The Hezbollah militia and their allies took the violence to other parts of the country. Yesterday the violence shifted from the Druze strongholds of Mount Lebanon to the Tripoli region in the the north. Time shown on the left is the local time in Beirut, Lebanon At least 62 people are reported to have been killed and more than 200 injured in clashes across the country since violence erupted...
... "I just hope they will able to talk to each after all this," said Jihan al-Masri, a Druze from Mount Lebanon. Arab mediators succeeded Thursday in containing Lebanon's cycle of violence threatening to blow up into a full-fledged sectarian war. The deal was announced by Qatari Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem al-Thani at a news conference in Beirut. The six-point plan...
Smoke rises from Alley area during clashes between Hezbollah gunmen and Druze pro-government fighters in Mount Lebanon May 11, 2008. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters) Step 1: Give It A Weak Headline. Hezbollah steps up pressure on rivals Sounds like the routine give-and-take of politics, doesn't it? It's the same language you'd expect to see in our presidential race: "Clinton steps up pressure on superdelegates...
The Lebanese Government just bowed down to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists. A Lebanese man inspects the damage inside a house hit by rockets during recent clashes in Shwayfat area in Mount Lebanon near Beirut May 14, 2008. Lebanon's cabinet was expected on Wednesday to cancel measures it took against Hezbollah that triggered fighting during which the Iranian-backed movement briefly took...
Beirut - Cautious calm prevailed by nightfall over the tense areas after fierce fighting erupted again in northern Lebanon Monday. Calm is prevailing in Mount Lebanon, Northern Lebanon and Beirut and the army is now deploying in force in all areas, ...
... Steelers and Eagles. We tell them we're only going to watch the Pirates on TV." Bellavar is from Mount Lebanon.The Rams will try to make it to the world series for the second time in three years. They've been in the regional six straight seasons, but reached the world series only in 2006.That year, West Chester beat Kutztown for the regional title. Last year, the Golden Bears beat West Chester...
... practically no weapons, the Druze men took on the menacing rockets of Hezbollah. Druze fighters in Mount Lebanon refused to sit quietly while Hezbollah militiamen ravaged their homes and shops.
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... towards the Druze Mountain and positioning its forces against the Sunni North and the Christian Mount Lebanon. Ironically, the geographical bases of Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon, are well guarded by the United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL). Per a UNSCR 1701 in 2006, more than 10,000 international troops are stationed across the southern parts of Lebanon, technically protecting the 200...
