North #Lebanon library torched
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A decades-old library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest in Lebanon’s northern city of #Tripoli was torched late Friday, a day after a sectarian scuffle, a security source said. “Unknown assailants torched the Saeh Library in Tripoli, destroying two thirds of some 80,000 books and manuscripts housed there,” said the source, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity. Civil defense teams were deployed to put out the fire, “but there are fears that more books were damaged by the water used to try and put out the flames,” he added. read more
