In the past week, Lebanon experienced more of the reverberations of the deadly sectarian civil war next door in Syria. Sunni militants loyal to a radical cleric in the city of Sidon clashed with Lebanese soldiers in a series of gun battles. At least 12 soldiers have been killed.
Sunni Militants Fight Lebanese Army as Sectarian Tensions Flare
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A girl holds a white flag to show that civilians are in the car, during clashes between Lebanese army soldiers and gunmen of hardline Sunni Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, in Abra near Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 24, 2013.
