Iran courts allies in Iraq and Lebanon while escalating anti-West rhetoric

Iran is strengthening ties with allies in Iraq and Lebanon while accusing the US and Israel of coercive diplomacy in its latest regional push.
Reuters

Islamists sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq: army chief

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi'ites that would ...
Newsday

Shiite Muslims in Lebanon and Iraq commemorate Ashoura, marking the death of Imam Hussein

BEIRUT — Shiite Muslims Wednesday in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith, while paying tribute ...
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN

Barzani Says Armed Factions Stronger Than the State in Iraq, Lebanon

Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said the Iraqi presidency carries symbolic weight for the Kurds under a political convention in ...
NPR

Week in Review: Iraq, Lebanon, Castro's Health

The week's news highlights include U.S. generals' view that Iraq is headed for civil war; more fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, including a strike on Canna, Lebanon, that killed more than two ...
NPR

A World of Hurt in Lebanon and Iraq

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says the U.S. is "trapped in Iraq." And tensions in Lebanon rise after the assassination of an anti-Syrian politician. Policy debates are posing few useful solutions.
AOL

Shiite Muslims in Lebanon and Iraq commemorate Ashour, marking the death of Imam Hussein

BEIRUT (AP) — Shiite Muslims Wednesday in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith, while paying ...