Libanon

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Wie bereits vor Monaten von mir angekündigt, breitet sich der Bürgerkrieg in Syrien auf die Nachbarstaaten aus. Neben einer Zunahme von Anschlägem im Irak wird nun auch aus dem Libanon von teils bewaffneten Auseinandersetzungen zwischen verschiedenen Volksgruppen sowie der Armee berichtet:

Lebanon and the dark side of the Twitter revolution

The past fortnight has seen a series of potentially incendiary events that continue to cause Lebanon to hold its breath. Following from the clashes centring around last month's arrest of Shadi al-Mawlawi in Tripoli (he has since been released on bail), there have been the following flashpoints: the shooting of Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed by the army in Akkar, the kidnap of 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims in Syria, the shooting of a Bsharri man by the army, the fighting between the army and armed men in Caracas, Beirut (either a personal spat or al-Qaida-linked militant, depending on who you ask), the kidnap and arrest of two Lebanese men by Syrian troops in the border regions, and the horrifying events of the Houla massacre in Syria. Each incident has been met with tyre-burning and road-blocking protests, along with the clashes in Beirut that killed two and injured several others.

This weekend in Tripoli (Lebanon's second largest city), some of the worst fighting the country has seen for several years took place.
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