Showing posts with label The Syrian branch of al Qaeda attacks the Alawites in Lebanon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Syrian branch of al Qaeda attacks the Alawites in Lebanon. Show all posts

The Syrian branch of al Qaeda attacks the Alawites in Lebanon


Nine dead and 37 wounded is the balance sheet of a double suicide bombing in Tripoli, the largest city in northern Lebanon. The attack was claimed by the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda. It was a coffee Alawite neighborhood minority from which the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This attack is feared contagion of the Syrian conflict in Lebanon.