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Nasrallah...The Legend That Was Buried With Him

“Imagine if he had not died,” my interlocutor says over the phone from Beirut. He has close knowledge of Hezbollah and is in daily contact with its broader social environment. He poses a hypothetical question: What if Hassan Nasrallah had survived and had been the one required to lead the confrontation? He does not mean a military confrontation with Israel. “That is what the party is doing, and that is its playing field,” but rather “a confrontation with himself, his supporters and his community over this catastrophe he brought upon them.”

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Syria calls for independent probe into sinking of ship in Black Sea

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Syria called on the International Maritime Organization and Bulgarian authorities on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into the sinking of a cargo ship in the Black Sea, whose 10 crew members including 9 Syrians were missing.The investigation should look into why search and rescue operations stopped before the fate of the missing crew was determined, said Mazen Aloush, director for international relations of the Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs.

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EU top diplomat says bloc in favour of UN Lebanon peacekeepers' extension

Visiting EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told AFP on Thursday that the bloc favoured avoiding a security vacuum and extending a UN peacekeeping mandate in south Lebanon, where Israel invaded while fighting Hezbollah. The EU's top diplomat also said that the bloc would soon be launching a training mission for the Lebanese army, calling it "a major upgrade in the security relationship" with the Mediterranean country.

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