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2009-07-07 Parlementary elections in Lebanon.
2009-06-12 (10 - 12??)
In Beirut, Lebanon, former USA President Jimmy Carter visited Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.
Sayeed Fadlallah heads up the largest private social service organization in Lebanon, with schools, colleges, hospitals etc. second on to Hezbollah.
2008-10-06 Handing back control of the Israeli-occupied West Bank to the Palestinians as part of a peace deal would simply strengthen the hand of Israel's Iranian foe.
"Any area we withdraw from will be taken over by Iran and its proxies.
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Both Lebanon and Gaza have become Iranian bases, and they would get a third one if we retreat from the West Bank."
-- According to Benjamin Netanyahu
2008-10-06 Any intervention by Syrian troops into Lebanon would be unacceptable.
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The recent terrorist attacks that took place in Tripoli and Damascus should not serve as a pretext for further Syrian military engagement."
-- Robert Wood, deputy spokesman of US State Department, told reporters in Washington
2008-10-05 The Syrian troop buildup along Lebanon's northern border is in line with a U.N. resolution requiring the tightening of the border.
-- According to Bashar Assad, President of Syria, in a telephone call with Michel Sulaiman, President of Lebanon
2008-10 In Syria, President Bashar Assad warned of the threat posed by Sunni fundamentalists, saying “extremist forces” were operating in northern Lebanon and looking to destabilise Syria.
2008-10 In Lebanon anti-Syrian politicians are worried that Syria could intervene militarily in Lebanon under the pretext of cracking down on Sunni extremists.
2008-10 The Syrian troop buildup along Lebanon's northern border is aimed at cracking down on smugglers.
-- According to Bashar Assad, President of Syria
2008-06-01 Israel freed and deported to Lebanon a convicted Hezbollah spy and the Shiite militant group handed over the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in 2006.
2008-04-16 “While war is not a preferable option, if Israel declares war on Syria and Lebanon or if America declares war on Iran, Syria would be prepared.
We should analyze the situation from the perspective of American interests, because the last war in Lebanon has shown that at some point Israel wanted to stop the fighting, but was forced by the [Bush Jr. Administration] to pursue it further.”
-- Basher Al-Assad, Syrian President, told a gathering of Arab intellectuals according to Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper

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