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8 Hizbullah Fighters Killed During Clashes in Outskirts of Brital, Attack Was on 10 of Its Positions

Hizbullah repulsed on Sunday an attack by al-Nusra Front on ten of its positions and they didn't lose any of their positions, but Ain Saat for more than an hour.

Hizbullah managed to thwart the attack on its other positions. Eight of its fighters were killed, while al-Nusra Front stated that it attacked a position and killed eleven fighters of Hizbullah.

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Two Rockets from Eastern Lebanon Land in Hermel

Several rockets targeted on Monday the Bekaa town of Hermel, the state-run National News Agency reported.

According to NNA, two rockets fired from Lebanon’s Eastern Mountain range, on the Lebanese-Syrian border, landed on the residential area in Hermel.

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Geagea: Govt. Must Issue Decision Binding Hizbullah to Withdraw Fighters from Syria

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea noted on Monday that the attack launched by gunmen from Syria against Hizbullah positions in the eastern region of Brital demonstrates the need for the government to take the necessary action to guarantee the safety of Lebanese territories.

He told the Central News Agency: “The government should take a binding decision to force Hizbullah to withdraw from Syria.”

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Families of Arsal Captives Block Roads to Press State to Negotiate their Release

The families of the soldiers and policemen abducted from the Arsal region briefly blocked on Monday the Tarshish-Zahleh road in an attempt to pressure the government to exert more efforts to release their loved ones.

They also blocked the Dahr al-Baydar road.

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Security Forces Determined to Detain Mawlawi, Mansour after Locating their Whereabouts

Security forces located the whereabouts of notorious Tripoli militants Shadi al-Mawlawi and Osama Mansour, media reports said on Monday.

According to the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat, security forces are determined to detain the two fugitives, who took the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood of the northern city of Tripoli as their hideout.

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Report: Militants Change Conditions to Release of Arsal Captives

The captors of the soldiers and policemen abducted from the northeastern region of Arsal in August have changed their conditions to release the hostages, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Anba on Monday.

Sources monitoring the situation told the daily that the Islamist militants are no longer demanding the release of fellow Islamists from Roumieh prison as a condition for freeing the captives.

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Sally Greige Crowned Miss Lebanon 2014

Sally Greige, 24, was crowned on Sunday Miss Lebanon 2014 in a huge ceremony held at the Casino du Liban in Maameltein north of Beirut.

Miss Lebanon 2013, Karen Ghrawi handed over the crown to Greige, who reserved her spot in Miss World pageant that will be held in London on December 14.

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Qatari Mediator 'Not Satisfied' with Path of Negotiations Related to Kidnapped Soldiers

The hopes in resolving the issue of the kidnapped soldiers by extremist Syrian groups diminished on Sunday, after the news about the “withdrawal” of the Qatari mediator.

MTV stated on Sunday evening that "the Qatari mediator is not satisfied with the path of negotiations in the issue of the kidnapped soldiers and that the government should quickly determine its demand from the kidnappers.”

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Five Hizbullah Fighters, Dozens of Gunmen Killed in Attack in Outskirts of Brital

Five members of Hizbullah were killed and dozens of gunmen died in clashes that erupted on Sunday between them in the outskirts of the Bekaa region of Brital.

Gunmen came from al-Qalamoun and attacked a Hizbullah position in the outskirts of Brital, forcing the party to bring additional reinforcements for its fighters in the area.

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Lebanese Soldier Injured After Israeli Army Fired in Shebaa

A Lebanese soldier on Sunday was injured in a shooting from Israel near Kfarshouba, prompting a retaliatory shooting from the Lebanese military.

The army stated: "One of the army positions was fired at in al-Sudana in the area of Shebaa by one of the Israeli positions on the opposite side that led to a non-hazardous injury of a soldier."

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