Clashes and sniper attacks between al-Assad supporters and opponents leave 16 dead in Lebanon
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[quote](CNN) -- An uneasy calm prevailed Thursday morning in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli where days of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left 16 people dead and wounded more than 156.
Fear of snipers kept people indoors, reported Lebanon's state news agency said. The streets were empty of cars, and schools and universities closed.
The fighting began Sunday, with the deadliest clashes taking place Wednesday night, Lebanon's state news agency said.
The clashing sides are residents of the Bab-al-Tibbaneh neighborhood (dominated by Sunnis), and the adjacent Jabal Mohsen neighborhood (which is dominated by Alawites).
Tripoli is home to both Alawite and Sunni Muslims, and sectarian tensions have worsened in recent months as the civil war in neighboring Syria rages on.
The major concern for Lebanon is that Syria's troubles will reopen the wounds of Lebanon's 15-year-long civil war, which ended in 1990.
Aside from its southern border with Israel, Lebanon is entirely surrounded by Syria, and was considered part of "greater Syria" until the end of World War I.
It became an independent country in 1943 but has been strongly influenced by Syria both politically and militarily for much of the time since.
Syrian troops were deployed in Lebanon between 1976 and 2005, primarily in the north -- ostensibly at first as peacekeepers to help stop Lebanon's long civil war -- but maintained a significant presence long after the fighting stopped in 1990[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=wo_c2[/url]
Im sick of these types of stories. Don't tens of thousands of people die each day? It really doesn't matter how does it?
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[QUOTE=Megadick;40795366]Im sick of these types of stories. Don't tens of thousands of people die each day? It really doesn't matter how does it?[/QUOTE]
I'm sick of people like you. Don't like the story? Don't come in here.
Fucking hell, can't those people just be left alone? They don't need more problems to deal with, let alone Syria's overdrawn and hellish civil war.
[QUOTE=Megadick;40795366]Im sick of these types of stories. Don't tens of thousands of people die each day? It really doesn't matter how does it?[/QUOTE]
erm violence spilling across the borders is very fucking news worthy.
So its finally spilled over into the surrounding countrys.
Or has it been?
[QUOTE=counterpo0;40796794]So its finally spilled over into the surrounding countrys.
Or has it been?[/QUOTE]
Hard to say, Lebanon is sort of a special case in regards to Syria.
There are quite a few videos being uploaded over the past few days of Lebanese troops and vehicles driving around neighbourhoods shooting heavy weapons. It is possible another civil war could break out.
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;40797339]There are quite a few videos being uploaded over the past few days of Lebanese troops and vehicles driving around neighbourhoods shooting heavy weapons. It is possible another civil war could break out.[/QUOTE]
It's quite surprising Lebanon has managed to stay so peaceful throughout the whole Arab Spring, it's a shame it's being dragged in like this by a fight that isn't theirs.
[QUOTE=Megadick;40795366]Im sick of these types of stories. Don't tens of thousands of people die each day? It really doesn't matter how does it?
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Name fits.
[QUOTE=BlackRainbow;40797511]Name fits.[/QUOTE]
Wasnt he just unbanned for Garys birthday or something?
Lebanese civil war part 2.
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