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Hezbollah Commander Killed In Israeli Strike Was Wanted For 1983 US Embassy Blast
Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a U.S. Marines barracks.
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'Pager Bombs' Target Hezbollah In Lebanon. What We Know So Far - 5 Points
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon today, killing eight people and wounding Tehran's ambassador in Beirut in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. There was no comment from the Israeli military.
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Bomb In Paris, Cross-Dressing In Beirut: How Israel Avenged Munich Massacre
During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were killed by members of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September.
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Trump Hedges "Bomb" Claim As US Offers Lebanon Aid After Beirut Explosion
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the deadly Beirut explosion may have been an accident, after raising eyebrows earlier suggesting it was an attack.
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Lebanon Explosions "Looks Like A Terrible Attack", Says Trump
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US generals had told him that the powerful explosions which rocked Beirut appeared to have been caused by a "bomb of some kind."
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Facebook Activates 'Safety Check' for Nigeria Blasts After Criticism
Facebook Inc activated its "Safety Check" feature after deadly blasts in Nigeria late on Tuesday following criticism from users that the social media network was being selective about deploying it.
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Lebanon Arrests 11 Over Beirut Bombings
Lebanon has arrested 11 people, mostly Syrians, over last week's Beirut bombings that killed 44 people, an attack whose original target was a hospital, officials said on Sunday.
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Lebanon in Mourning After Bomb Blasts Kill 43
Lebanon observed a national day of mourning on Friday after two suicide bombs the day before killed 43 people in southern Beirut, in an act the United Nations condemned overnight as "despicable".
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Twin Suicide Blasts Kill 37 in Beirut Hezbollah Bastion
At least 37 people have been killed and more than 180 wounded after twin suicide bombings rocked a stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement in south Beirut, officials said.
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Two Suicide Bombers Hit Hezbollah Bastion in Lebanon, 37 Killed
t least 27 people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts in a crowded district in Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah.
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Two Israeli Soldiers Hurt in Blast Claimed by Hezbollah
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near the Lebanese ceasefire line in an attack claimed by the Shiite movement Hezbollah.
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Lebanon Suicide Bomber Was a Wanted Saudi: Source
A suicide bomber who blew himself when police raided his hotel room in Beirut was a Saudi wanted by authorities in the kingdom, an informed source in Riyadh said on Thursday.
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Suicide Bomber Hits Hotel Near Saudi Embassy in Beirut
A suicide bomber killed himself and wounded at least four security officers at a hotel in Beirut close to the Saudi Arabian embassy on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said, the third blast in Lebanon in less than a week.
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Blast Kills Two at Lebanon Highway Checkpoint
At least two people were killed in a bomb attack at checkpoint in Lebanon on the highway that runs from Beirut to Damascus, official media said.
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After Lebanon blasts, an app to tell loved ones 'I am alive!'
With three bomb attacks in January alone, Lebanese are getting used to reassuring loved ones at home and abroad that they have survived. And now there's an app for that.
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Hezbollah Commander Killed In Israeli Strike Was Wanted For 1983 US Embassy Blast
Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a U.S. Marines barracks.
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'Pager Bombs' Target Hezbollah In Lebanon. What We Know So Far - 5 Points
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon today, killing eight people and wounding Tehran's ambassador in Beirut in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. There was no comment from the Israeli military.
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Bomb In Paris, Cross-Dressing In Beirut: How Israel Avenged Munich Massacre
During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were killed by members of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September.
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Trump Hedges "Bomb" Claim As US Offers Lebanon Aid After Beirut Explosion
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the deadly Beirut explosion may have been an accident, after raising eyebrows earlier suggesting it was an attack.
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Lebanon Explosions "Looks Like A Terrible Attack", Says Trump
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US generals had told him that the powerful explosions which rocked Beirut appeared to have been caused by a "bomb of some kind."
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Facebook Activates 'Safety Check' for Nigeria Blasts After Criticism
Facebook Inc activated its "Safety Check" feature after deadly blasts in Nigeria late on Tuesday following criticism from users that the social media network was being selective about deploying it.
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Lebanon Arrests 11 Over Beirut Bombings
Lebanon has arrested 11 people, mostly Syrians, over last week's Beirut bombings that killed 44 people, an attack whose original target was a hospital, officials said on Sunday.
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Lebanon in Mourning After Bomb Blasts Kill 43
Lebanon observed a national day of mourning on Friday after two suicide bombs the day before killed 43 people in southern Beirut, in an act the United Nations condemned overnight as "despicable".
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Twin Suicide Blasts Kill 37 in Beirut Hezbollah Bastion
At least 37 people have been killed and more than 180 wounded after twin suicide bombings rocked a stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement in south Beirut, officials said.
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Two Suicide Bombers Hit Hezbollah Bastion in Lebanon, 37 Killed
t least 27 people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts in a crowded district in Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah.
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Two Israeli Soldiers Hurt in Blast Claimed by Hezbollah
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near the Lebanese ceasefire line in an attack claimed by the Shiite movement Hezbollah.
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Lebanon Suicide Bomber Was a Wanted Saudi: Source
A suicide bomber who blew himself when police raided his hotel room in Beirut was a Saudi wanted by authorities in the kingdom, an informed source in Riyadh said on Thursday.
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Suicide Bomber Hits Hotel Near Saudi Embassy in Beirut
A suicide bomber killed himself and wounded at least four security officers at a hotel in Beirut close to the Saudi Arabian embassy on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said, the third blast in Lebanon in less than a week.
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Blast Kills Two at Lebanon Highway Checkpoint
At least two people were killed in a bomb attack at checkpoint in Lebanon on the highway that runs from Beirut to Damascus, official media said.
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After Lebanon blasts, an app to tell loved ones 'I am alive!'
With three bomb attacks in January alone, Lebanese are getting used to reassuring loved ones at home and abroad that they have survived. And now there's an app for that.
