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Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:44 PM

Lebanese policemen and security forces are deployed during a raid at a hotel in Beirut June 20, 2014. Police said they arrested a group of suspected militants in the raid in Beirut on Friday and said they included foreigners and one Lebanese. A top Lebanese security official said he had narrowly missed an assassination attempt on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint in the country's Bekaa valley near Syria, killing one and wounding 37. The attack follows heightened security in Lebanon where police have launched a campaign to detain people they suspect of links to al Qaeda and other militant groups. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:44 PM

Lebanese policemen and security forces are deployed during a raid at a hotel in Beirut June 20, 2014. Police said they arrested a group of suspected militants in the raid in Beirut on Friday and said they included foreigners and one Lebanese. A top Lebanese security official said he had narrowly missed an assassination attempt on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint in the country's Bekaa valley near Syria, killing one and wounding 37. The attack follows heightened security in Lebanon where police have launched a campaign to detain people they suspect of links to al Qaeda and other militant groups. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:27 PM

A firefighter drags a hose as Lebanese policemen inspect a site of an explosion at the Dahr al-Baidar area in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Valley June 20, 2014. A top Lebanese security official said he had narrowly missed an assassination attempt on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint in the country's Bekaa valley near Syria, killing one and wounding 37. The explosion took place on the main highway joining Lebanon and Syria's capitals in an area where Lebanese Sunni militants opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been carrying out attacks on areas under the control of the pro-Assad Shi'ite Hezbollah movement. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:26 PM

Lebanese policemen inspect a site of an explosion at the Dahr al-Baidar area in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Valley June 20, 2014. A top Lebanese security official said he had narrowly missed an assassination attempt on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint in the country's Bekaa valley near Syria, killing one and wounding 37. The explosion took place on the main highway joining Lebanon and Syria's capitals in an area where Lebanese Sunni militants opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been carrying out attacks on areas under the control of the pro-Assad Shi'ite Hezbollah movement. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:26 PM

Firefighters put out a fire as policemen secure the site of an explosion at the Dahr al-Baidar area in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Valley June 20, 2014. A top Lebanese security official said he had narrowly missed an assassination attempt on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint in the country's Bekaa valley near Syria, killing one and wounding 37. The explosion took place on the main highway joining Lebanon and Syria's capitals in an area where Lebanese Sunni militants opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been carrying out attacks on areas under the control of the pro-Assad Shi'ite Hezbollah movement. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:21 PM

Lebanese policemen detain a man (in white) following a raid at hotel in Beirut June 20, 2014. Police said they arrested a group of suspected militants in the raid in Beirut on Friday and said they included foreigners and one Lebanese. A top Lebanese security official said he had narrowly missed an assassination attempt on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint in the country's Bekaa valley near Syria, killing one and wounding 37. The attack follows heightened security in Lebanon where police have launched a campaign to detain people they suspect of links to al Qaeda and other militant groups. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)