Syria's Civil War Is Spreading Throughout The Region

Analysis: Syria Contagion Strikes Deep Into Lebanon -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Two rockets fired at Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut bring Syria's escalating civil war deeper into the heart of Lebanon and closer to unrestrained regional conflict.

The two-year-old conflict in Syria has already tumbled into Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, exploded into deadly street fighting in its northern city of Tripoli and driven half a million refugees across the same porous border to escape the bloodshed.

But Sunday's rocket attack, which wounded five people in a Shi'ite neighborhood of Beirut, marked the first apparent targeting of Hezbollah's stronghold in the south of the capital and raised memories of years of civil war in the city.

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Neighbors in Lebanese City Fight Syrian Proxy War -- Time/AP
Syrian conflict grows with unsettling consequences for more than Lebanon -- The Guardian
Fears grow of Syria conflict spilling into Lebanon -- Financial Times
Syria war spills to Lebanon -- The Age
High Tension After Hezbollah Leader Vows Support For Syria -- NPR/AP
Hezbollah Widens the Syrian War -- Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Hezbollah takes Syria risk at Iran's behest: experts -- France 24/AFP
Beirut rocket attack on Hezbollah area raises fear of all-out sectarian conflict -- The Guardian
Neighbours in Lebanese city fight Syria proxy war -- AP
Kurds flee for Iraq as Syria war slogs on -- Al Jazeera
Syria's Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq -- Voice of America
Iraqi Volunteers Join Both Sides Of War In Syria -- Radio Free Europe
Jordan jails jihadists for trying to go to Syria -- Al Arabiya
Israel searches for evidence of rocket reportedly fired from Lebanon -- NBC
Turkey Struggles With Syrian War -- Al Monitor
Displaced again: Palestinian refugees flee Syria war for Lebanon -- Global Post
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Iraq, Syria and the death of the modern Middle East -- Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera