Lebanon

The US issued a travel warning for Lebanon noting that the Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, and Hezbollah all operate there, and stressed the increasing frequency of suicide bombings. A Free Syrian Army fighter was arrested in Sidon. Assad regime forces warned residents of the border town of Tfail to evacuate to avoid being bombed; residents asked Lebanese forces for protection. Vandals destroyed the doors of a church in Zahle, the sixth attack on the church. The Muslim Scholars Committee and family members protested against alleged abuse of a Salafist sheikh while in prison.

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