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March 11, 2013

North Lebanon Is Ready to Blow

Michael J. Totten, World Affairs Journal

AP Photo

Lebanon always looks and feels like it's ready to erupt into armed conflict, but today it's more ready than usual. The Syrian civil war next door weighs heavily on this place. Sunnis and Alawites are fighting round after round with no end in sight in the city of Tripoli, and now the Northern Bekaa Valley, between Mount Lebanon and the Syrian border, is likewise gearing up to explode.

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TAGGED: Bekaa Valley, Hezbollah, Syria, Middle East, Lebanon

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