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Lebanon enters 'third stage' of suicide bombings

Tuesday’s suicide attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut represents a new stage of violence in Lebanon, with Lebanese citizens targeting their compatriots at home.
Soldiers, policemen and medical personnel gather at the site of explosions near the Iranian embassy (L) in Beirut November 19, 2013. Two explosions targeting the Iranian embassy hit the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said, killing at least seven people and damaging buildings in the embassy compound.     REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir    (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX15JOF
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The third stage of suicide bombings began in Beirut on Nov. 19. The two blasts that were carried out by two suicide bombers targeted the vicinity of the Iranian Embassy in the Lebanese capital as well as dozens of civilians and Shiite partisan, commercial and residential centers. The two operations — which were unprecedented in terms of their location and nature — occurred in the southern suburbs of Beirut, an area densely populated by Lebanese Shiites.

It is the third stage of suicide bombings in Lebanon — and the third on two levels: internal and external.

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