Minorities Flee Country as Syria Violence Spreads Abroad to Powder Keg of Neighborhood Lebanon

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Deadly flare-up in Lebanon stokes Syria spillover fears

AFP – New clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions in the Lebanese city of Tripoli killed two people Friday holing a fragile truce and stoking fears of a spillover of bloodshed, a security official said. The deaths brought to 13 the number of people killed in factional fighting in the Mediterranean.

As the passengers from battle-ravaged Aleppo disembarked at Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport, tearful relatives gripped them tightly in emotional embraces. “Thank God you’ve arrived safe and sound!” one cried out. Since fighting has gripped the city of Aleppo, where many of Syria’s ethnic Armenian community.

Syria Massacre Aleppo offensive Syrian violence continued to rage across the country as Assad’s forces attempted to regain the initiative, most notably in the key second city of Aleppo. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Syria’s government is waging a war against its own people.