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Lebanon is now affected by the conflict in Syria with violent clashes near the border 2105121.
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| Monday, May 21, 2012, 09:30 AM | |||
| Lebanon is now affected by the conflict in Syria with violent clashes near the border. | |||
Earlier
in the day Lebanese soldiers had shot dead the men as they sped through
a road block in the northern region of Akkar. The two were members of
a Lebanon-based anti-Assad political alliance. Protests erupted late Sunday,
may 20, 2012, night in Beirut as Sunni Muslims reacted angrily to the
killing of two anti-Syrian regime group members. |
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 Lebanese Sunni Muslim residents are seen blocking a road in Beirut, to protest the killing by Lebanese army of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid, a Sunni Muslim cleric, and Muhammed Hussein Miraib, both members of the Lebanon-based March 14 political alliance May 20, 2012. |
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| Their deaths sparked the protests with locals accusing the Lebanese army of taking orders from Damascus. Many Sunni Muslims in Lebanon’s north sympathise with Syria’s Sunni-led uprising but the violence now appears to be spilling over the border. Within Syria, UN ceasefire monitors including their chief had a narrow escape when a roadside bomb exploded close to their convoy. No casualties were reported and spokesman later denied the team had been deliberately targeted. At
least 33 more people were killed Sunday in Syria's 14-month-old crackdown
on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's rule, a leading opposition
group reported. |
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