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A women passes accumulated garbage in the Al-Bohout area of Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 10, 2012. Due to heavy fighting and shelling, the garbage collection system collapsed weeks before. (Associated Press)

Israel strikes Syria armor, hiking spillover fears

By Ariel Schalit and Josef Federman - Associated Press

Lebanese Army soldiers are seen near a damaged car in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Nov. 11, 2012. Security officials said shooting between Sunni and Shiite Muslim gunmen in southern Lebanon killed one person and wounded at least three. (Associated Press)

Shooting between Lebanese Shiites, Sunnis kills 3

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

An elderly and disabled Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village prays Nov. 10, 2012, in front of his tent at a displaced persons camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. (Associated Press)

Israel drawn into Syria fighting for first time

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, file image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces via AP video, File)

Report: Iran has drone pictures of Israeli bases

By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position Wednesday as rebels belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group fight at the Moaskar front line in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo. The protracted Syrian war is spilling into other countries. (Associated Press)

Syrian war boils over onto U.S. allies; outside jihadists rush in

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Palestinian family Tuesday look at mourners carrying Ahmad Queider, 20, a Palestinian killed Monday during an exchange of gunfire in Beirut, where fighting was touched off by the assassination of an anti-Syrian intelligence chief. (Associated Press)

Calm returns to Beirut as troops launch operation

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Palestinian family (top) watches mourners Oct. 23, 2012, carry the body of Palestinian Ahmad Queider, 20, during a funeral procession in the Sunni neighborhood of Tarik al-Jadida in Beirut. The man was killed the day before as he rode his motorcycle during an exchange of gunfire between Lebanese troops and gunmen. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah rejects international probe in killing

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 15, 2010, file photograph, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon. Mashaal won't seek re-election, Hamas announced Saturday, paving the way for a leadership contest and possible struggle over the ideological direction of the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanese lawmaker calls for government to resign

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Sunni gunmen patrol an empty street leading to a Shiite neighborhood in Beirut on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese army tries to force gunmen from streets

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Black smoke rises in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Monday from a burning house that was attacked during clashes that erupted between supporters and foes of the Syrian regime. (Associated Press)

Lebanese troops aim to contain sectarian violence

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon toward Syrian army positions in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syrian violence spills into Jordan, Lebanon

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese government in Beirut on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday in a car bombing. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Funeral for slain Lebanese official ends in clashes

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Honor guards carry the coffin, which is wrapped in the Lebanese flag, of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan during the funeral procession at Martyrs Square in Beirut on Sunday. Gen. al-Hassan was killed by a car bomb on Friday. (Associated Press)

Killing of Lebanese general blamed on Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Claire Danes plays a CIA operative in “Homeland” filmed in Israel. A scene from a recent is supposed to be Beirut — but was shot in Tel Aviv. And that has some people irritated in both cities. (Showtime)

TV show ‘Homeland’ irks Lebanese, Israelis

By Bassem Mroue and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

A family walks past flaming tires used as a roadblock to protest the death of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence division of Lebanon's domestic security forces in a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanese prime minister links car bomb to crisis in Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

TV show ‘Homeland’ irks Lebanese, Israelis

By BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY - Associated Press

A Lebanese rescue worker (center) helps an injured man at the scene of an car bomb explosion Oct. 19, 2012, in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut. (Associated Press)

Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others

By Bassem Mroue and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

TV show ‘Homeland’ irks Lebanese, Israelis

By BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY - Associated Press

Embassy Row: ‘Squarely’ on Assad

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Israeli Arab accused of spying for Hezbollah

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press