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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Anti-Syrian sentiment spikes in Lebanon
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — Tensions and violence peak in Lebanon as Syrian gang members recently killed a Lebanese politician, causing a spike in anti-Syrian sentiment.
The Lebanese army says Syrian gang members hijacked the politician’s car, killed him, and took his body to Syria. Pierre Houssney of Horizons International says Lebanese anger is spilling into the streets.
“A lot of Lebanese are taking justice into their own hands and starting to be like vigilantes,” Houssney says.
“We’ve had guys go out on the streets with loudspeakers and issue general threats to Syrians that they need to...