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BEIRUT — Hizbollah said on Monday it had scored a “divine victory” in its conflict with Israel while the Jewish state claimed the upper hand, saying the group now cannot “do what it likes in Lebanon”.

CAIRO (Reuters) — Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday praised the way Hizbollah held out against Israel for over four weeks but faulted the Islamist group for possible carelessness.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President George Bush said the United Nations resolution to halt the fighting between Israel and Lebanon will stop Hezbollah from acting as a “state within a state” and deal a severe blow to the efforts of Syria and Iran to exert influence in the Middle East.

DAMASCUS,(SANA) – Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Sunday was handed humanitarian aid from the Turkish government to the Lebanese incomers who fled their country due to the Israeli brutal aggression on Lebanon.

DAMASCUS, Aug. 13 (SANA)- The Israeli savage onslaught on Lebanon came in accordance with pre-made schemes and backgrounds for carrying out an agenda that Israel couldn’t implement through the 1559 UNSC resolution, Information Minister said Sunday.

Jordan says truce vote first step to end bloodshed BEIRUT (Reuters) — Israeli forces battled Hizbollah fighters in a push deeper into Lebanon on Saturday and up to 17 Israeli soldiers were reported killed, as both sides said they would obey a UN resolution on a truce — but not …

AMMAN (AFP) — Key Middle East players were hopeful Saturday that a UN Security Council resolution would bring an end to the Lebanon conflict, even as Israel expanded its military offensive.

BEIRUT — Heavy fighting between Israel and Hizbollah fighters paralysed efforts to reach 100,000 people trapped in southern Lebanon on Saturday, aid workers said, despite a UN Security Council resolution to end the war.

BAGHDAD (AP) — US forces raided a funeral gathering and detained 60 men suspected of links with an Al Qaeda cell blamed for a spate of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, the US military said Saturday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — US and Italian shipyards are favoured to win tenders to build 19 ships and patrol boats for the fledgling Iraqi navy to enable it to take over security of Iraq’s vital off-shore oil terminals, a naval official said.