The flags of Shiite Amal movement (top green) and Hezbollah flutter as barricades block access to west Beirut (background) and the airport on May 15, 2008. Arab mediators are set to unveil a deal today towards ending a crisis that has pushed Lebanon to the brink of civil war, after the US-backed cabinet, in a major climbdown, cancelled controversial measures against its Hezbollah rivals. Getty Images logo Getty Images 21 months ago

The flags of Shiite Amal movement (top green) and Hezbollah flutter as barricades block access to west Beirut (background) and the airport on May 15, 2008. Arab mediators are set to unveil a deal today towards ending a crisis that has pushed Lebanon to the brink of civil war, after the US-backed cabinet, in a major climbdown, cancelled controversial measures against its Hezbollah rivals.

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  2. Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah through a giant screen during a ritual mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, who died in a seventh century battle, to mark Arbain in Beirut's suburbs, February 4, 2010.
  3. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a giant screen during a ritual mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, who died in a seventh century battle, to mark Arbain in Beirut's suburbs, February 4, 2010.
  4. A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).
  5. A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers tributes into the sea on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).
  6. Sheik Nabil Kaouk, right, Hezbollah's commander in south Lebanon, and Hezbollah legislator Hassan Fadlallah, left, attend the funeral of prominent businessman Hassan Tajeddine _ a very rich and influential Shiite family in southern Lebanon and a strong Hezbollah supporter _ who was one of few people so far identified from Monday's Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crash in the southern village of Hanaway near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.
  7. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a giant screen at the opening of the "Arab International Forum to Support the Resistance," in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The leader of Hamas Khaled Mashaal, who attended the forum, called on the Egyptian leader to stop its construction of an underground steel wall along its border with Gaza.
  8. Head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad (R), Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (2nd R), Lebanon's Minister of Education Hassan Mneimneh (2nd L) and Hezbollah senior offical Hassan Ezzedine listen to Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speak via a video display during the Arab and International Forum to support the Resistance, in Beirut January 15, 2010.
  9. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (C), Head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad (R) and Lebanon's Minister of Education Hassan Mneimneh (L) listen to Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speak via a video display during the Arab and International Forum to support the Resistance, in Beirut January 15, 2010.
  10. Lebanon's Hezbollah members close the entrance to an underground parking site in Beirut December 27, 2009. A bomb which exploded in Beirut on Saturday killed two Hamas members, a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamist group in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday.
  11. A Lebanese military policeman walks past Hezbollah members at the closed entrance of an underground parking site in Beirut December 27, 2009. A bomb which exploded in Beirut on Saturday killed two Hamas members, a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamist group in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday.
  12. A Lebanese military policeman (R) looks at Hezbollah members at a closed entrance to an underground parking site in Beirut December 27, 2009. A bomb which exploded in Beirut on Saturday killed two Hamas members, a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamist group in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday.
  13. A female member of Lebanon's Hezbollah cries during the Ashura ceremony held in Beirut's suburbs December 27, 2009. Ashura is the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram when according to Islamic tradition Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, was killed in battle in 680 AD.
  14. Female members of Lebanon's Hezbollah cry during the Ashura ceremony held in Beirut's suburbs December 27, 2009. Ashura is the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram when according to Islamic tradition Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, was killed in battle in 680 AD.
  15. Hezbollah flag is seen as Lebanese Hezbollah supporters gather to listen to the speech of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah during Ashoura day in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Sunday's commemorations marked the climax of Ashoura, the yearly mourning period in which Shiite Muslims remember the seventh century death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in a battle in the central city of Karbala.
  16. Female members of Lebanon's Hezbollah chant slogan during the Ashura ceremony held in Beirut's suburbs December 27, 2009. Ashura is the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram when according to Islamic tradition Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, was killed in battle in 680 AD.

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