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Tripoli Man Killed Fighting Alongside Syrian Rebels in Aleppo

A man who hails from the northern city of Tripoli has been killed while fighting alongside the armed Syrian opposition against forces loyal to the regime.

“Gunfire was heard in Tripoli during a prayer for the dead for Ahmed Zaki Mansour,” LBCI television reported, adding that "Moamen Kahil, a minor, was wounded in the back by a stray bullet" from the shooting.

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Saniora from Abra: Clashes May Renew in Presence of Non-State Arms

Head of the Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Saniora on Friday voiced concern that clashes might renew in the southern city of Sidon because of the presence of weapons in the hands of non-state actors.

Saniora voiced his remarks from Abra, a Sidon suburb that witnessed deadly fierce clashes last month between army troops and gunmen loyal to anti-Hizbullah Islamist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir.

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Lebanon to File Complaint with U.N. over Israeli Border Violations, Abductions

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour called on Friday for filing a complaint with the United Nations Security Council over Israel's violations of the border and its kidnapping of Lebanese nationals.

The complaint comes after a 15-member Israeli commando forces crossed on Monday the border of the occupied Shebaa Farms in the South, and abducted Lebanese shepherd Youssef Hussein Rhayyel.

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Nigeria Denies Bail to Lebanese 'Linked to Hizbullah'

A Nigerian court on Friday denied bail to three Lebanese charged with "terrorism" over their alleged links to Hizbullah.

Mustapha Fawaz, 49, Abdallah Thahini, 48, and Talal Ahmad Roda, 51, were charged last month after a massive supply of weapons was found at a business in the capital Abuja and a private home in the northern city of Kano.

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Qassem: Those Serving Israeli Goals behind Bir al-Abed Attack

Hizbullah deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem stated on Friday that the party was expecting to be the target of an attack like the one that took place in the Bir al-Abed neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh on Tuesday.

He said on the seventh anniversary of the eruption of the July 2006 war: “The Dahieh blast is part of a plan to target the resistance and those backing Israel's agendas were behind it.”

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Suleiman Calls on Rival Parties to Prioritize National Interest

President Michel Suleiman stressed on Friday that the current stage the country is passing through and the political and security developments compel everyone to have the necessary awareness and prioritize the national interest.

“The accelerated frequency of political and security developments locally and regionally impose on everyone to have the required awareness and prioritize the national interest,” Suleiman said.

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Baragwanath, Riachy Re-elected for 18 Months

Special Tribunal for Lebanon President Judge Sir David Baragwanath and Vice-President Judge Ralph Riachy have been re-elected for a period of 18 months, the STL announced on Friday.

The judges of the Appeals Chamber, who met on Thursday, re-elected both Baragwanath of New Zealand and Lebanese judge Riachy, for the same time period starting September 1, said the statement.

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Army: Israeli Troops Briefly Cross Blue Line at Houla

The Army Command announced on Friday that Israeli troops briefly crossed the Blue Line into Lebanon earlier in the morning before returning to Israel.

It said that five troops opened the technical gate at the southern region of Houla and then crossed the Blue Line for a brief time.

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Israel Focuses on Northern Border to be a 'Step Ahead' of Hizbullah Abilities

An Israeli soldier collapses onto the floor of a house in Lebanon, shot by Hizbullah fighters. As his squad mates clear out the second floor, a medic rushes over, pulling on latex gloves and digging into his first aid kit. Gunfire echoes down the stairs as he starts to work on the wound.

The Israeli military experienced this kind of brutal house-to-house warfare during its inconclusive 2006 war with Hizbullah. As it trains in a mock village in its base in the northern Israeli town of Elyakim, it is recreating similar battle scenarios as it prepares for the next confrontation with the Lebanese group. Officials say such a conflict could erupt at any time.

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Geagea Calls for Swift Formation of Cabinet, Urges Hizbullah to Reconsider Policies

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea condemned on Friday any terrorist act that aims at destabilizing the country, considering that Bir al-Abed neighborhood's blast is linked to Hizbullah's intervention in the conflict in the neighboring country Syria.

“We will have to confront a more dangerous situation if the party hold on to the its policies,” Geagea said in an interview with al-Liwaa newspaper.

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