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In Lebanon, City Fights Syrian Proxy Battle

Over the past year, fighting has increased between Lebanon's Alawite fighters, who support Syrian President Assad's regime, and Sunni militias that support Syria’s rebels. In two neighborhoods of coastal city Tripoli, the factions increasingly see themselves as part of Syria’s worsening conflict. Josh Wood reports for Al-Monitor.

Sunni Muslim gunmen run to take up position in the neighbourhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during sectarian clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites August 24, 2012. Sectarian violence flared in Lebanon's port city of Tripoli after a short ceasefire, with at least 13 dead in the ongoing violence.REUTERS/Stringer(LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)
Sunni Muslim gunmen run to take up position in the neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during sectarian clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites Aug. 24, 2012. — REUTERS

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