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sidon

sahy duhn

  • n  the main city of ancient Phoenicia
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  • Sunni-Shiite violence hits Lebanese city of Sidon
    Violence erupted in the Lebanese city of Sidon Tuesday afternoon, as supporters and opponents of the militant group Hezbollah traded artillery and small-arms fire in response to an attack on a prominent Sunni Muslim opponent of the Shiite Muslim group, according to senior security officials and witnesses. At least one person was killed and nearly a dozen wounded, according to Lebanese security ...
    June 19, 2013 - Stars and Stripes
  • Syria-related clashes in Lebanon's Sidon, one dead
    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Militants supporting opposing sides of Syria's civil war clashed in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, killing one, a security source said, rocking a city where divisions have been simmering for months. Syria's war started with pro-democracy rallies but was suppressed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Now majority Sunni Muslim rebels wage war against ...
    June 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Sunnis, Shiites clash in Lebanese town
    The fighting in the southern town of Sidon indicates rising sectarian tensions in the country.
    June 18, 2013 - Washington Post
Quotes

  • Fuad Saniora in Daily Star - Lebanon
    The May 7 events remind us of what Beirut and some areas in the mountains and Sidon witnessed on that ill-fated day and they also remind us of the use of violence to achieve political gains,Siniora said during the opening conference on the...
  • Nabih Berri in Ya Libnan
    Berri added: "The residents of Sidon, East Sidon and all the villages neighboring the capital of the South will prove that national unity and the image of coexistence will not be disrupted by a leaflet written in the dark, for fishy objectives of...
  • Alexander Dimitrenko in EastsideBoxing.com
    I'm glad I can fight in Hamburg at the huge Color Line Arena, Dimitrenko said. "I'm looking forward to a large croud. I haven't seen any fights of Sidon yet. But as my coach Fritz Sdunek returned from the US we will study some videos. I...

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