Syria's Civil War Is Spilling Into Lebanon

Lebanese army soldiers and forensic inspectors gather to examine the site of an explosion in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut, January 2014. Photo by Reuters

Syria War Crossing Into Lebanon, Bringing With It Al-Qaida Style Jihad -- Haaretz

Latest suicide bombing against Hezbollah could ultimately have severe consequences for Israel.

The suicide bombing on Tuesday in Hezbollah’s home turf in Beirut is yet another sign that Al-Qaida-style Sunni jihadists are now going after the powerful Shi’ite organization in Lebanon, just as Hezbollah has gone after them in the Syrian civil war.

Responsibility for the bombing in the Lebanese capital’s Dahiyeh neighborhood was claimed by an organization called the Lebanese Nusra Front, apparently an offshoot of the Nusra Front in Syria, an extremist Sunni organization that draws inspiration from Al-Qaida and operates mainly in southern Syria.

This was the second bombing in Dahiyeh this month. In the first, a booby-trapped car exploded about 100 meters from one of Hezbollah’s main command posts.

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Update: Syria Spillover Adds to Lebanon's Paralysis -- Voice of America

My Comment: With a million Syrian refugees in Lebanon ....most of them Sunni and almost all of them angry at the Shiite community .... any hopes of keeping the peace are not realistic. Expect the violence to escalate.