Lebanon sends army to Syria border as rebels flee
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The Lebanese army sent commandos to the tense border area with Syria on Monday, bracing for another spillover of the conflict next door as rebels there continued to flee into Lebanon after the fall of one of their strongholds to President Bashar Assad's forces.
Lebanon has been on edge since the central Syrian town of Yabroud fell to government troops on Sunday. Its rebel defenders started pouring into the Lebanese Sunni-dominated town of Arsal, which is surrounded by Shiite villages guarded by pro-Assad Hezbollah militants. (AP)
