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Boys walk along a damaged street filled with debris in Deir al-Zor May 19, 2013.

The town has been besieged for weeks by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.

Jack Wills, the quintessential British clothing brand, made its debut in Lebanon as its first prestigious store opened in Beirut's City Centre Mall.

A senior Hizbullah terrorist was among 20 members of the group who were killed in intense fighting in Syria on Sunday, Al Arabiya reports.

Palestinian Anas Hamra, from Gaza, claims he got his Kentucky Fried Chicken delivered - after a seven hour wait.

Syrians inspect Saturday the rubble of buildings damaged by government airstrikes in Qusair, Syria.

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ELIZABETH JACKSON: Lebanon's war-ravaged capital has long been heralded by Western visitors as one of the most secular stopovers in the Middle East.

Weekend Australian May 18, 2013 Saturday 5 - All-round Review Edition Harrowing stories from a broken world Review by Peter Pierce Bone Ash Sky By Katerina Cosgrove Hardie Grant, 465pp, $29.95 KATERINA Cosgrove's first novel, The Glass Heart, was published as long ago as 2000.

Many Lebanese artists have tackled the violence and horror of the country's Civil War in their work.

Dum Tak Alternative Arab Music Festival will host some of the biggest independent musicians from all over the Arab world - including several from Egypt - between 28 May and 1 June in the Jordanian capital city Amman.

Host Rachel Martin talks with Ramez Maluf, professor of journalism at Lebanese American University in Beirut, about different views in Arab media on the Syrian conflict.

Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran.

GUNMEN have abducted the elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister, his office and a Lebanese TV station say.

George Sabra speaks during a meeting on the situation in Syria, in Ankara, Turkey, on March 21.

A group of pioneering Arab filmmakers have come together to shoot a road movie in the Middle East that they hope will also draw audiences and make an impact outside the region.

Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the debt-laden country.

In this picture taken on Friday May 10, 2013, Syrian economist Abdullah al-Dardari, a chief economist at the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar Assad's government, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, In Beirut, Lebanon.

The conflict in Syria is taking a steep toll on its neighbors. Videos from Syria being posted to the Internet show a now-familiar theme - a country ripping itself apart - neither side willing to give in.