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Fuel dispute triggers sectarian clash in Lebanon’s south

Lebanon Zalka fuel shortage

Beirut, LebanonReuters A dispute over scarce fuel supplies ignited sectarian tensions between neighbouring Shi’ite Muslim and Christian villages in southern Lebanon over the weekend, forcing the army to intervene, a security source said. Clashes mostly centred on the crippling gasoline and diesel shortages have become a daily occurrence in Lebanon, prompting growing concern about a […]