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A correspondent in Beirut

A correspondent in Beirut

Jul 18, 2013

People inspect the site of the explosion that occurred on Tuesday in Beirut's southern suburbs July 10, 2013. A massive car bomb ripped through a Beirut stronghold of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group that has been fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's civil war, wounding 53 people on Tuesday. None of those hurt were seriously wounded, Health Minister Hassan Khalil told Reuters, and there were no fatalities. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11INJ — People inspect on July 10, 2013, the site of the July 9 explosion that occurred in Beirut's southern suburbs. — REUTERS/Sharif Karim

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A woman reacts as she looks at the site of a car bomb that occurred on Thursday in Beirut's southern suburbs, August 16, 2013. The death toll from a car bomb which ripped through the southern Beirut stronghold of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah rose on Friday to 24, and the government said it was investigating whether the blast was a suicide attack. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX12NFG

Hezbollah Locks Down Beirut Stronghold After Bombings

A correspondent in Beirut

A correspondent in Beirut

Lebanese army soldiers are deployed on their armoured vehicles in Beirut's southern suburbs September 23, 2013. Lebanese security personnel were deployed today in the southern suburbs of Beirut, part of a move to take over the checkpoints set up by Hezbollah after recent car bombings targeted the area, according to the local media. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX13WWO

Lebanese Army Takes Over Security In Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

A correspondent in Beirut

A correspondent in Beirut

Lebanese Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji (L) and Army Chief of Staff General Walid Salman attend a graduation parade for Lebanese officer cadets at a military academy in Fayadyeh, near Beirut, marking the 68th Army Day, August 1, 2013. Lebanon's defence minister extended the term of the army chief on Wednesday to avoid a vacuum in military leadership at a time when the country is facing violence linked to Syria's war and political paralysis. The extension by two years of Army Chief Jean Kahwaji's posti

Recent Attacks Portend Danger For Lebanon

Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah

People clean the streets as the Lebanese army deploys on the streets of the Sunni Muslim Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon December 4, 2013. The Lebanese government has told the army to take over security in the restive coastal city of Tripoli for six months, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday. Ten people were killed in weekend clashes between Tripoli's Alawite minority, which supports Syria's Alawite President Bashar al-Assad, and majority Sunni Muslims who back h

Regional violence threatens Lebanon's fragile stability

Sami Nader