Christians, Druze gather for #reconciliation at Mount #Lebanon village
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Hundreds gathered in a Mount Lebanon village Tuesday for a ceremony marking reconciliation between Druze and Christians whose relations where battered during the 1975-1990 civil war. Christian residents, who at the time of the war overwhelmingly backed the fascist-styled Lebanese Forces militia, fled the Chouf town of #Brih after losing out to Druze fighters two decades ago. But Saturday’s ceremony was meant the bury the hatchet between the two as Christians reportedly began to return to their homes in the mixed Maronite - Druze village, located about 23 kilometers southeast of Beirut. read more