Lebanese army reopens road to town near Syrian border
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BEIRUT - The Lebanese army reopened a road between two towns near the Syrian border on Wednesday to try to calm sectarian rivalry aggravated by the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
Shi'ite Muslims from the Bekaa Valley town of al-Labwa, where Hezbollah has strong support, had erected sandbag barriers at the weekend to cut off the Sunni Muslim town of Arsal from the rest of Lebanon.
The blockade followed days of rocket attacks on al-Labwa which residents blame on Syrian Sunni rebels who have fled across the border to Arsal after a Syrian military offensive. (Reuters)
