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Rescue worker climbing ladder3. pan from crowd in street to fire in shopAftermath of powerful car...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP cover of aftermath of explosion that killed at least 14 and injured 200\u003cbr/\u003eBeirut - 15 Aug 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. firemen spraying building with water\u003cbr/\u003e2. Rescue worker climbing ladder\u003cbr/\u003e3. pan from crowd in street to fire in shop\u003cbr/\u003eAftermath of powerful car bomb blast that struck southern Beirut, killing 22\u003cbr/\u003eBeirut - 16 Aug 2013\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of site where car bomb exploded on Thursday\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of military personnel walking past burnt-out cars\u003cbr/\u003eTwin explosions kill 27 in north Lebanese city\u003cbr/\u003eTripoli - 23 August 2013\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of explosion site outside the Al Salam mosque in Al Mina district of Tripoli\u003cbr/\u003e7. damaged cars on site\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Kamel, eyewitness: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The sheikh was in the mosque praying and suddenly the explosion happened, destruction and the bodies and the wounded were on the ground. We condemn everything is happening here in Tripoli.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. damaged building \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of damage inside mosque\u003cbr/\u003eNorthern city wakes up after twin car bomb attacks that killed 29 and injured hundreds\u003cbr/\u003eTripoli - 24 Aug 2013\u003cbr/\u003e11. burnt out cars\u003cbr/\u003e12. people clearing debris\u003cbr/\u003eOn August 15th 2013 Lebanon's state-run news agency said 14 people were killed and over 200 wounded in a car bomb explosion that ripped through a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut.\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 14th's explosion triggered raging fires in cars and buildings, trapping dozens of people in a residential and commercial neighbourhood. \u003cbr/\u003eThe National News Agency said at least 14 people were killed and 212 wounded in the blast in the Rweiss district.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is the second such explosion in just over a month. In July 2013, a powerful car bomb exploded in a neighbouring suburb, wounding more than 50 people.\u003cbr/\u003eGroups opposed to Syria's President Bashar Assad have threatened to retaliate against Islamic militant group Hezbollah for intervening on behalf of his regime in the Syrian civil war. \u003cbr/\u003eThe blast raises the worrying spectre of Lebanon being pulled into the violent Sunni-Shiite struggle in the region, with sectarian killings similar to those plaguing Syria and Iraq.\u003cbr/\u003eSunni-Shiite tensions have risen sharply in Lebanon, particularly since Hezbollah raised its profile by openly fighting alongside Assad's forces.\u003cbr/\u003eLebanese Sunnis support the rebels fighting to topple Assad, a member of a Shiite offshoot sect.\u003cbr/\u003eLebanon's interior minister said on August 16th that the death toll from the powerful car bomb that struck a south Beirut suburb on Thursday has risen to 22.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also said officials were conducting DNA tests on body parts discovered near the vehicle that blew up to try to determine whether the explosion was the work of a suicide bomber.\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 14th's blast struck a bustling street in the Rweiss district in a southern suburb of Beirut that is a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah.\u003cbr/\u003eIt stripped the facades from buildings and wrecked vehicles, leaving several cars as burnt-out metal shells.\u003cbr/\u003e\"What happened yesterday reminded us of the July War (2006 Lebanon War), but it was more like an earthquake than the July war,\" said one local resident.\u003cbr/\u003eThe bombing was the second in just over a month to hit a Hezbollah stronghold south of Beirut. \u003cbr/\u003eMany people in Lebanon see the attacks as retaliation for Hezbollah's armed support for President Bashar Assad in neighbouring Syria's civil war.\u003cbr/\u003eOn August 23rd twin car bombs exploded outside mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing at least 29 people, wounding over 350 and wreaking major destruction in the country's second largest city, Lebanese Health Ministry officials said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe blasts hit amid soaring tensions in Lebanon as a result of Syria's civil war, which has sharply polarised the country along sectarian lines and between supporters and opponents of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was the second such bombing in just over a week, showing the degree to which the tiny country is being consumed by the raging war next door.\u003cbr/\u003eDebris covered the street outside the Al Salam mosque in Al Mina district of Tripoli. Cars were destroyed and a huge crater could be seen in the road.\u003cbr/\u003eInside the mosque itself debris littered the floor and bloodstains were found.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The sheikh was in the mosque praying and suddenly the explosion happened, destruction and the bodies and the wounded were on the ground,\" said eyewitness Hassan Kamel.\u003cbr/\u003eTripoli, a predominantly Sunni Muslim city, has seen frequent clashes between Sunnis and Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect to which Assad belongs.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the city itself has rarely seen such explosions in recent years.\u003cbr/\u003eFriday's blasts mark the first time in years that such explosions have targeted Sunni strongholds and were bound to raise sectarian tensions in the country to new levels. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was also the most powerful and deadliest in Tripoli since the end of the civil war.\u003cbr/\u003eAttacks have become common in the past few months against Shiite strongholds in Lebanon, particularly following 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