Lebanese soldiers have been deployed in the northern city of Tripoli, after fierce battles between rival clans.
A security official said overnight battles erupted there between Sunni supporters of the Western-backed government and members of a sect loyal to Hezbollah, which is backed by both Syria and Iran. The fighting in the north came despite a return to an uneasy calm in the capital Beirut, after Lebanon not to attend Arab summit ...
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Saudis advised to avoid Lebanon ... four days of sectarian fighting. The Hezbollah-led opposition has since handed control of west Beirut back to the army. The Arab League is set to hold emergency talks in Egypt on the crisis, amid regional Sunni Muslim fears about Shi'ite Iran's influence in divided Lebanon.
(Deutsche Welle)
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