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Why Lebanon could be spared from recent terrorism bloodshed

Lebanon has been spared from the terrorism violence that has struck other neighboring countries of Syria over the past few weeks.
A Lebanese Army soldier stand guard inside a cafe where a suicide bomb attack took place in Jabal Mohsen, Tripoli January 11, 2015. At least seven people were killed after a cafe was attacked by a suicide bomber in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Saturday. The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front claimed responsibility for the attack on a Twitter account describing it as revenge for the Sunnis in Syria and Lebanon. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTR4KW9O
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Lebanon has been spared from the terrorism violence that has struck other neighboring countries of Syria over the past few weeks. And while the arrest of terrorist cells recently shows that the country is by no means immune to the terrorist danger, a number of factors indicate that Lebanon could be relatively more secure than Syria’s other bordering countries that have recently fallen victim.

The recent escalation in terror attacks that hit Syria’s neighboring countries began in Jordan on Dec. 18 when terrorists killed 10 people in the province of Karak, with the Islamic State (IS) later claiming responsibility.

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