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Source: http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/syrianization-lebanon
The Syrianization of Lebanon
(World Affairs Journal) Michael J. Totten - Sunni and Alawite militias have been battling it out in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, mirroring the war in Syria. Last week more than 1,200 mortar rounds and rockets exploded in Lebanon's second-largest city, killing dozens. How much armed conflict needs to take place before we stop referring to it as a series of clashes and start calling it a war?