date:2013-12-01

Suicide bomber kills army soldier in South #Lebanon
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Lebanese army soldiers patrol a street in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on December 4, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ibrahim Chalhoub)

A Lebanese soldier and four attackers were killed in two separate assaults late Sunday on army checkpoints in the southern city of #Sidon, the military said in a statement. “At 9:15 pm today (Sunday) an armed man approached an army checkpoint in the north of Sidon, and launched a hand grenade towards it, injuring two soldiers,” the army statement said. “Troops manning the checkpoint fired back at the attacker, leading to his death,” it added. read (...)

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At least 22 dead in #Baghdad bombings
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A picture taken on December 5, 2013 shows damages and a burnt vehicle after the mall in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk was stormed by security forces to end an hours-long siege that has followed an attack involving a car bomb, gunmen and would-be suicide bombers. (Photo: AFP - Marwan Ibrahim)

Bombings across Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 22 people and wounded scores in busy commercial streets and a public square, Iraqi police sources said. The deadliest attack took place in the district of Bayaa when a bomb in a parked vehicle detonated near car workshops, killing seven and wounding 14, the sources said. Violence in #Iraq is at the highest level in at least five years and the capital has been targeted almost daily. More than 8,000 have been killed this (...)

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