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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia's deployment near the Syria-Lebanon border this week and its withdrawal a day later after protests from the militant Hezbollah group reveals some of the uneasy relations between allies of President Bashar Assad who joined the country's civil war to back him. The move comes amid calls by Russia for foreign countries to withdraw troops from Syria while Tehran says it presence will remain as long as there are threats from terrorists. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Rare tensions between Assad’s backers as Syria’s war unwinds

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

50 years later, girl’s unsolved 1968 slaying haunts Lebanon

By DANIEL WALMER and Lebanon Daily News - Associated Press

This 2015 photo released by the Dutch National Opera shows opera director and arts programmer Pierre Audi, who is wrapping up a 30-year tenure at the Dutch National Opera to take charge of the month-long Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, one of Europe's oldest and most respected summer music festivals. (Sarah Wong/Dutch National Opera via AP)

Pierre Audi’s journey from Lebanon to Aix-en-Provence

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

Composer Khaled Mouzanar, from left, director Nadine Labaki, actors Zain Al Rafeea, and Yordanos Shiferaw pose for photographers during a photo call for the film 'Capharnaum' at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 18, 2018. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Cannes sensation puts child poverty in the spotlight

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Illustration on the results of Lebanon's recent elections by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Elections in Lebanon pump up Hezbollah, granting it authority to advance its lethal regional agenda

By Tony Badran and Jonathan Schanzer

This Monday, April 23, 2018 photo, Syrian refugee children play outside their family tents at a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. A leading international rights group and the U.N.'s refugee agency say Lebanese authorities have been evicting Syrian refugees from towns and camps in Lebanon without any legal basis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Seeking aid abroad, Lebanon uproots Syrian refugees

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated booking photo released by Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, shows, Anthony Baumgardt. A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against Baumgardt who is charged with fatally shooting a central Indiana sheriff's deputy during a foot chase last month. Boone County Prosecutor Todd Meyer announced his decision Tuesday, April 24, 2018 saying Baumgardt of Lebanon should &quot;face the ultimate consequence.&quot; Baumgardt faces murder and other charges for the March 2 death of Deputy Jacob Pickett. (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office via AP File)

Indiana prosecutor seeking death penalty in deputy’s slaying

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A double-decker Airbus A380 plane lands at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 29, 2018. An Emirates Airline superjumbo jet has landed at Beirut's international airport as Lebanon looks to sustain a revival of its tourism industry. It is the first revenue A380 flight to the country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Superjumbo flight to Lebanon brings hope of tourism revival

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Illustration on Hezbollah in Lebanon by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The problem is Hezbollah

By Ziva Dahl

In this March 5, 2018 photo, one-year-old Syrian refugee Eman Zatima is prepared by medical staff for surgery, at a hospital in Amman, Jordan. Eman, who has a heart defect, received a life-saving pro bono surgery from doctors sent by the Vatican's Bambino Gesu Hospital. The infant is one of the few lucky Syrian refugees with severe medical conditions to get the needed treatment. Dozens more are left untreated each month because of funding constraints in overwhelmed refugee host countries in the region. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Syrian refugee baby gets life-saving surgery, others wait

By ALICE SU - Associated Press

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, center, celebrates with his supporters at his election night party in Canonsburg, Pa., early Wednesday, March 14, 2018. A razor's edge separated Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone early Wednesday in their closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, where a surprisingly strong bid by first-time candidate Lamb severely tested Donald Trump's sway in a GOP stronghold. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Too close to call but Dem Lamb claims win in Pennsylvania

By BILL BARROW and MARC LEVY and STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

In this undated photo released by Boone County Sheriff's Office, deputy Jacob Pickett is seen. The central Indiana sheriff's deputy was shot in the head during a chase on Friday, March 3, 2018. The K-9 officer was kept alive until Monday, so his organs could be donated. (Boone County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Holcomb: Indiana deputy’s killing shows that ‘evil exists’

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In this undated photo released by Boone County Sheriff's Office, deputy Jacob Pickett is seen. The central Indiana sheriff's deputy was shot in the head during a chase on Friday, March 3, 2018. The K-9 officer was kept alive until Monday, so his organs could be donated. (Boone County Sheriff's Office via AP)

The Latest: Somber cemetery ceremony ends deputy’s services

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The Latest: Police say man admitted shooting Indiana deputy

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Police investigate the scene of a shooting, Friday, March 2, 2018 in Lebanon, Ind, Jacob Pickett, a central Indiana sheriff's deputy who was shot in the head while chasing three suspects won't survive and was on life support for donation of his organs, authorities said Friday. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Indiana officers honor slain deputy shot during chase

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The Latest: Sheriff: Deputy shot in pursuit won’t survive

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In this photo released by Lennart Preiss/MSC 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, holds a part of a downed drone during his speech at the Munich Security Conference, MSC, in Munich , Germany, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (Lennart Preiss/MSC 2018/dpa via AP)

Israel, Iran head toward military clash over Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on the aggressive strategic future of Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The new ‘great game’ in Syria

By Jed Babbin

3 men accused of trying to export drone parts to Hezbollah

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, left, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, at the Government House, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Tillerson held talks with the Lebanese president and other officials amid a growing dispute between the small Mediterranean country and neighboring Israel over oil and gas reserves, and Israel's construction of a border wall that Lebanon says encroaches on its territory. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Tillerson in Beirut wades into Lebanon-Israel border dispute

By ANDREA ROSA and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press