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Lebanon probes blast near ex-PM Hariri’s convoy

The attack in the eastern Bekaa Valley came as Lebanon's anti-government protest movement ramped up.
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Lebanese security forces are investigating an explosion earlier this month near the motorcade of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, his office said Sunday. 

The attack, which injured no one, reportedly took place in a mountainous part of the country’s eastern Bekaa Valley as Hariri was returning from a visit with a senior Sunni cleric. Saudi-owned TV station Al-Hadath reported that security forces found the remnants of the blast roughly 500 meters from Hariri’s 30-vehicle convoy. 

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