Instability Feared In Lebanon After Assassination -- CNN
(CNN) -- Last week's deadly car bombing in Beirut has exposed Lebanon's tenuous stability, as fears mount that the country could slip into chaos and be dragged into Syria's bloody civil war.
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday was the latest to express "concern about the stability of Lebanon," following a meeting with the country's prime minister, the state-run news outlet NNA reported.
Friday's bombing killed the nation's intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, and triggered unrest. Sporadic fighting has erupted across Lebanon since.
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