Hezb seizes west Beirut
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BEIRUT: Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut yesterday in what the US-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup". At least 13 people have been killed and 30 wounded in three days of battles between pro-government gunmen and fighters loyal to Hezbollah, a Shiite political movement with a powerful guerrilla army which is also an ally of Syria. The fighting, the worst internal strife since the 1975-90 civil war, was triggered this week...
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