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Explosions shake Damascus as Israel reportedly carries out its second air strike on Syria in three days.

Israel has carried out another airstrike against neighbouring Syria, targeting a shipment of missiles bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Russia is raising concerns over reports of an Israeli air attack on Syria near Damascus, claiming that any such action would amount to unacceptable military interference in the country.

Sarah Smith interviews Terry Waite about why he went back to Beirut twenty five years after he was taken hostage there.

Former hostage Terry Waite returns to Lebanon to meet Hezbollah, the organisation believed to be responsible for kidnapping and torturing him when he was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy.

As violence breaks out at the funeral of assassinated top intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan, Beirut journalist Dalila Mahdawi reports on why protesters are calling for the PM’s resignation.

Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan is among at least eight people killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut, according to state media. More than 78 others were wounded.

Shia Muslim militant group Hezbollah calls for fresh protests over an anti-Islam film as former prime minister Tony Blair urges religious leaders to condemn any action.

Troops have been deployed in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli after 15 people were killed in fighting related to Syria’s uprising.

Violent sectarian clashes erupt in Lebanon after the bloody uprising to oust Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad spilled over the border, killing five and wounding more than 70.

The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper issues.

Lebanon, it was always said, is where Syria has its wars. So now that Syria is actually hosting what amounts to a war, people next door expect violence in Lebanon any day. However thus far, the hideous conflict next door has yet to migrate next door, and there are reasons to hope it may not.

Up to 13 people have died in clashes between protesters and security forces on Israel’s borders with Syria and Lebanon. There was also violence in Gaza and the West Bank.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon is calculated to emphasise his country’s influence in the region – and much more – writes Lindsey Hilsum.

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tour of southern Lebanon is as troubling for some Arab countries as it is for Israel, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.