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Cyprus braces for migrant Influx amid Lebanon war fears

Cyprus has received an influx of 458 Syrian migrants from Lebanon in one week and is bracing for more as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread, officials said on Sunday.

Authorities said 194 Syrians arrived late on Saturday aboard four boats from Lebanon and were taken to the Pournara reception center outside Nicosia.

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Mikati meets Emir of Qatar on first leg of Arab tour

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Sunday in Doha with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

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Israel shells south as Hezbollah targets border military post

Hezbollah on Sunday morning targeted the Misgav Am Israeli military post on Lebanon's border with the appropriate weapons, Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said.

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Lebanon court orders Carlos Ghosn out of Beirut home

A Lebanese judge has decided to evict former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn from his luxury home, a judicial official said Saturday, four years after an investment firm accused him of "trespassing."

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UN says nearly 29,000 displaced in Lebanon amid border clashes

Nearly 29,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon amid deadly exchanges between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli army, a United Nations agency.

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Shell hits UNIFIL HQ amid fresh Hezbollah-Israel clashes

A shell hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon on Saturday, its spokesman said in the second such incident since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza.

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Israel downs missile from Lebanon, shells border areas

Israel’s military announced it shot down a surface-to-air missile fired at an Israeli drone from Lebanon Saturday. It was not immediately clear if the missile was fired by Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Lebanese security officials said two missiles were fired toward an Israeli drone flying over Lebanon but did not hit the target.

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Iran FM says militants in Lebanon, region have 'finger on trigger'

Iran's foreign minister has warned that Lebanese and Palestinian militants had their "finger on the trigger" in anticipation of an Israeli ground offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian however insisted that Tehran-backed militants would decide on their own to take action if Israel continued its war on Hamas.

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Raad says 'victory imminent' as Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts anew

Hezbollah’s top lawmaker Mohammed Raad announced Friday that “victory is coming and imminent,” as Hezbollah launched fresh attacks on Israeli military posts on Lebanon’s border.

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Qassem meets Iran delegation, warns US and Israel over continued attack on Gaza

Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday met with a delegation from the Iranian parliament.

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