Syrian refugees who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud,are pictured at the border town of Arsal
Syrian refugees who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud,are pictured at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley March 20, 2014. Tensions have been especially high in and around Arsal after Syrian forces and the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah recaptured the Syrian border town of Yabroud from rebels on Sunday, sending a stream of refugees and fighters across the border. Lebanon's border area has been steadily sucked into Syria's three-year-old conflict as President Bashar al-Assad's forces attack nearby rebel bases and suspected Syrian rebels fire rockets at Shi'ite towns to punish Hezbollah for sending fighters to support Assad. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A Syrian refugee child who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near is pictured Yabroud, at the border town of Arsal
A Syrian refugee child who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near is pictured Yabroud, at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley March 20, 2014. Tensions have been especially high in and around Arsal after Syrian forces and the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah recaptured the Syrian border town of Yabroud from rebels on Sunday, sending a stream of refugees and fighters across the border. Lebanon's border area has been steadily sucked into Syria's three-year-old conflict as President Bashar al-Assad's forces attack nearby rebel bases and suspected Syrian rebels fire rockets at Shi'ite towns to punish Hezbollah for sending fighters to support Assad. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A wounded Syrian refugee who fled the violence from the syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud, seen inside a hospital at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley
A wounded Syrian refugee who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, is pictured at a hospital at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley March 20, 2014. Tensions have been especially high in and around Arsal after Syrian forces and the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah recaptured the Syrian border town of Yabroud from rebels on Sunday, sending a stream of refugees and fighters across the border. Lebanon's border area has been steadily sucked into Syria's three-year-old conflict as President Bashar al-Assad's forces attack nearby rebel bases and suspected Syrian rebels fire rockets at Shi'ite towns to punish Hezbollah for sending fighters to support Assad. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A Syrian refugee woman who fled the violence from the syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud, sits near belongings at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley
A Syrian refugee woman who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud, sits near belongings at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley March 20, 2014. Tensions have been especially high in and around Arsal after Syrian forces and the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah recaptured the Syrian border town of Yabroud from rebels on Sunday, sending a stream of refugees and fighters across the border. Lebanon's border area has been steadily sucked into Syria's three-year-old conflict as President Bashar al-Assad's forces attack nearby rebel bases and suspected Syrian rebels fire rockets at Shi'ite towns to punish Hezbollah for sending fighters to support Assad. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Workers unload bags of humanitarian aid as a UN helmet is seen hanging inside a warehouse in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus
Workers unload bags of humanitarian aid as a UN helmet is seen hanging inside a warehouse in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus March 20, 2014. A delegation from the United Nations, the World Food Program, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, accompanied by the Syrian Red Crescent, visited today the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta carrying humanitarian aid to be distributed to the residents. The visit aims as well to assess the situation in the area. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A UN personnel applauds as workers unload bags of humanitarian aid in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus
A UN personnel applauds as workers unload bags of humanitarian aid in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus March 20, 2014. A delegation from the United Nations, the World Food Program, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, accompanied by the Syrian Red Crescent, visited today the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta carrying humanitarian aid to be distributed to the residents. The visit aims as well to assess the situation in the area. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Free Syrian Army fighters head a convoy of vehicles and trucks carrying humanitarian supplies as they enter the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus
Free Syrian Army fighters head a convoy of vehicles and trucks carrying humanitarian supplies as they enter the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus March 20, 2014. A delegation from the United Nations, the World Food Program, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, accompanied by the Syrian Red Crescent, visited today the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta carrying humanitarian aid to be distributed to the residents. The visit aims to assess the situation. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he stands guard near a member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent during a visit by humanitarian organisations to the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus
A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he stands guard near a member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (R) during a visit by humanitarian organisations to the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus March 20, 2014. A delegation from the United Nations, the World Food Program, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, accompanied by the Syrian Red Crescent, visited today the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta carrying humanitarian aid to be distributed to the residents. The visit aims as well to assess the situation in the area. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Saudi Arabia sentences 28 for backing militants
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam gestures after his new government wins a vote of confidence in Beirut
Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam gestures after his new government wins a vote of confidence in Beirut March 20, 2014. Lebanon's parliament gave a newly-formed cabinet a vote of confidence on Thursday, ending almost a year of political deadlock during which the country has been pulled further into the civil war in neighbouring Syria. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)