Thursday, June 7, 2012

Middle East - Voice of America: Lebanese Sectarian Clashes Spark Syria Spillover Fears

Middle East - Voice of America
middle-east
Lebanese Sectarian Clashes Spark Syria Spillover Fears
Jun 7th 2012, 15:58

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Sporadic sectarian clashes between two neighborhoods in Lebanon's second largest city, Tripoli, have reminded Lebanese of the brutal civil war in the 1970s and '80s which divided Lebanon along sectarian lines and is still a source of tensions. Overnight gun battles on two recent occasions killed 25 people in Tripoli and wounded more than 60. The violence spread to Beirut where two people were killed in one incident. The clashes in Beirut were sparked by the ...

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