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The Damascus Countryside Governorate begins rehabilitation work on the international road linking the Jdeidet Yabous crossing and the Lebanese border and filling craters left by the Israeli aggression,
In Syria, we are systematically blocking attempts by Iran, Hezbollah and the Syrian army to transfer weapons to Lebanon,
As long as there are vehicles carrying weapons or movements by Hezbollah or other pro-Iran factions, Israel will continue to target them, as was the case prior to the war in Lebanon,
Assad must understand that he is playing with fire,
We knew the martyrs: We lost my uncle and his family, our neighbours and the children of my siblings,
Shifa, 40, told Al Jazeera Those who used to live in the south [may be] different from those [who came] from the north. There are differences in the way they may handle family issues … and some don’t allow their children to meet and see new people,
Helping people is our ethical, humanitarian and religious duty,
head teacher Bilal Mohamad Araji told Al Jazeera in his office We all wanted to check [if anyone we knew survived] from our neighbours and relatives, but [my husband] and I decided to take the children and flee right away,
The danger is everywhere, not just in Bar Elias. [Israel] is our enemy. Who knows [where] they will invade or hit next? Nobody knows,
I heard [from neighbours] that two or three days after we fled, my aunt’s house was bombed,
Thank God, people here are so happy right now,
This is a moment of victory, pride and honor for us, the Shiite sect, and for all of Lebanon,
said Hussein Sweidan, a resident returning to the port city of Tyre I think it is still not safe to return to our homes because Hezbollah is still close to us,
said Eliyahu Maman, who was displaced from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, which was hit hard by the months of fighting They were a nasty and ugly 60 days,
said Mohammed Kaafarani, 59, who was displaced from the Lebanese village of Bidias My opinion is that after a year-plus of war, of shelling, of hostages in the south, a ceasefire agreement is an agreement that should give Israel some kind of an opening for hope,
said Roni Alon, a retired resident of Haifa in northern Israel When Hezbollah is out of the picture, Hamas is left alone in the fight. Our pressure on it will intensify,
But there is a lot to do in these 60 days,
Hochstein said in the interview What we feel is indescribable,
said one Lebanese driver on the road to the south The Lebanese army cannot deploy that many forces that quickly all across the south when they haven’t been there in such a long time,
he said, noting Lebanese armed forces will move in as Israeli forces depart The army command calls on citizens to wait before returning to frontline villages and towns that Israeli enemy forces have penetrated, awaiting their withdrawal,
