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Lebanese army soldiers stand guard near the Bilal bin Rabbah mosque where Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir preaches, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)


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Lebanese army soldiers secure the entrance of Bilal bin Rabah mosque following clashes between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon on June 25, 2013. (AFP/Joseph Eid)


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Lebanese army soldiers guard the entrance of the Bilal bin Rabah mosque in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon on June 25, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID


Lebanese army controls Sidon as Assir flees

Lebanese army controls Sidon as Assir flees

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army took control of the headquarters of radical Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir in Sidon on Monday after two days of fighting. The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said the army took control of the buildings surrounding...