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Calls for calm in Lebanon as Bsharri killings raise fears of sectarian violence

Tensions were running high in the northern Lebanese town of Bsharri on Sunday after a young man was shot dead by a sniper there on Saturday. Haitham Touk, 36, was shot dead near Qurnat As Sawda, or Black Peak, the highest point in…
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Arabic and international

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted on the moon-lit road. “I only remember the explosion,”…
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