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Fragile Lebanon grapples with Syria violence spillover

AFP – Lebanon was battling Thursday to contain an eruption of violence triggered by events in neighbouring Syria after a spate of mass kidnappings that recalled the dark days of the country’s own civil war. Several oil-rich Gulf countries have ordered their nationals to leave the country immediately.

The Syrian army pummelled districts across the embattled northern city of Aleppo on Thursday, leaving 18 civilians dead, while eight soldiers died in clashes with rebels, a watchdog said. The violence, which nationwide left 34 dead so far on Thursday, followed a bloody day in which at least 172 people died.

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