Bassem Mroue

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Key al-Qaida militant reportedly killed in Syria

Bassem Mroue · January 27, 2014 7:56 pm

A Lebanese boy stands on his balcony next of a large portrait of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah at the site of a car bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. An explosion ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in south Beirut on Tuesday targeting supporters of Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah group. Hezbollah has sent its gunmen to fight alongside Assad's forces, providing a significant boost to the Syrian government's overstretched military. Hezbollah's critics say the group's armed intervention in Syria has stoked sectarian tensions at home and needlessly dragged Lebanon into the maelstrom next door. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon militant pledges allegiance to al-Qaida

Bassem Mroue · January 25, 2014 9:27 pm

FILE - This July 27, 2011, file image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, provided by IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror network's leadership has been directly involved in plotting an attack inside Israel. The Shin Bet intelligence agency said it had arrested three Palestinians who allegedly plotted bombings, shootings, kidnappings and other attacks, and that the men were recruited by an operative based in the Gaza Strip who worked for al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Al-Qaida chief urges end to Syria rebel infighting

Bassem Mroue · January 23, 2014 6:54 pm

Hezbollah supporters fire weapons as they celebrate the fall of the Syrian town of Qusair to forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah fighters, in Bazzalieh village, Lebanon, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Syrian army captured a strategic town near the Lebanese border on Wednesday after a grueling three-week battle, handing a heavy defeat to rebels and solidifying a shift in the country's civil war in favor of President Bashar Assad's regime.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syria army deals severe blow to rebels in key town

Bassem Mroue, Zeina Karam · June 5, 2013 4:00 am

A Lebanese boy wearing a military uniform and holding a toy rifle attends a rally commemorating "Liberation Day," which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Saturday May 25, 2013. Nasrallah says his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon, publicly confirming for the first time that his men were fighting in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

Bassem Mroue · May 25, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison

Bassem Mroue · May 16, 2013 2:56 pm

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May, 9, 2013. Nasrallah said Syria will supply `game-changing' weapons to the Lebanese militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah: Syria to supply weapons to militia

Bassem Mroue · May 9, 2013 4:00 am

In this Sunday, May 5, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, armed men stand near the wreckage of a military helicopter, left, in Deir el-Zour, Syria. Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board a day after opposition forces entered a sprawling military air base in the north, activists said Monday. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian troops push into strategic southern town

Bassem Mroue · May 8, 2013 4:00 am

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, and released on Saturday, May 4, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies in Banias, Syria. Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings

Bassem Mroue · May 4, 2013 4:00 am

Lebanon: Main suspect in 2011 kidnapping arrested

Bassem Mroue · May 2, 2013 6:11 pm

This April 13, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a doctor treating a woman injured in what rebels claim was a chemical attack in Aleppo, Syria. Two Syrian officials denied Friday, April 26, 2013 that government forces had used chemical weapons against rebels, Damascus' first response to U.S. assertions that it had. On Thursday, the White House and other top Obama administration officials said that U.S. intelligence had concluded with "varying degrees of confidence" that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons in its civil war.(AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian rebels call on world to put words to action

Bassem Mroue, Zeina Karam · April 26, 2013 4:00 am

Grenade wounds 7 Palestinian kids in Lebanon

Bassem Mroue · April 24, 2013 11:54 am