Guns Fall Silent in Tripoli After Clashes

Guns appeared to fall silent in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday after two days of battles between the army and Islamist gunmen, some of the worst fighting to spill over into Lebanon from Syria's civil war next door. Security officials and politicians said the army had retaken ground from the Islamist fighters after a battle in which at least 11 soldiers and eight civilians were killed. The quieter morning followed battles overnight between the army and gunmen in...

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