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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Lebanese army soldiers help an injured soldier after clashes between followers of a radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, June 24, 2013.
