Lebanon clashes raise fear of

artappraiser — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:35:12 +0000

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Lebanon clashes raise fear of 'spillover' in Syria violence

By Patrick J. McDonnell and Alexandra Sandels, Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2012

BEIRUT — Deadly sectarian street battles linked to strife in neighboring Syria erupted Saturday in northern Lebanon, as special United Nations envoy Kofi Annan warned about "regional spillover" from a possible "all-out civil war" in Syria.

Gunfights raged Saturday in the Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli, where supporters and opponents of Syria's President Bashar Assad exchanged machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenade volleys across a densely populated urban cityscape.

By early evening, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported at least 10 people had been killed and more than two dozen wounded [....]

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artappraiser — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:46:09 +0000

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Lebanon on the Brink (I of II)
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Lebanon clashes raise fear of

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