Deadly blast hits south Beirut neighborhood

As the civil war in Syria rages on, conflicts have meandered their way in its smaller neighbor, Lebanon. Over the past few months, bombs have exploded over the country targeting Shiite Hezbollah strongholds, most recently in Beirut. Just today, a car bomb exploded in front of a Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital city, leaving five people dead and around 20 injured. Several cars were ignited in the blast, and the front face of the nearby buildings and store windows were damaged. Other bombings such as this that have targeted politicians have occurred in already delicate Lebanon in the past few months, threatening to tear the country apart, just as it has happened in Syria.

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