Lebanon: Beirut Hotel Bomber Is Saudi Citizen An al-Qaida-linked group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, has warned that such attacks will continue as long as Hezbollah takes part in Syria’s civil war alongside President Bashar Assad’s troops. Syria’s civil war has spilled into neighboring Lebanon on numerous occasions and inflamed sectarian tensions. A series of car bombs have struck Shiite areas across Lebanon, killing dozens of people. Regional tensions are also mounting over the events unfolding in Iraq, where Sunni insurgents — including the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — have seized much of the country’s north as armed forces loyal to the Shiite-led government have melted away.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:16:42 +0000