Syria's Civil War Is Spreading Into Lebanon

Photo: Michel Samaha, a former Lebanese minister, is pictured in Beirut in this March 2005 file photo. Mohamed Azakir/Reuters/File

Former Lebanese Minister Arrested For Planning Attacks For Syria's Assad -- Christian Science Monitor

Michel Samaha, a former Lebanese minister, reportedly confessed to helping plan attacks on Sunni targets in Lebanon. If true, it illustrates how far Syria's Assad regime can reach into Lebanon.

Michel Samaha, a former Lebanese minister who is a close ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has reportedly confessed to helping plan a series of bomb attacks against Sunni targets in north Lebanon at the behest of the Syrian leadership.

The discovery of the reported bomb plot will have significant political repercussions if confirmed and will harden fears in Lebanon that the embattled Assad regime is seeking to export its troubles to its tiny neighbor, which is split between supporters and opponents of the Syrian president.

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Update #1: Lebanon’s former information minister arrested for bomb plot -- Foreign Policy
Update #2: Risk spills over in Middle East -- Reuters
Update #3: Syria fallout threatens to ignite Lebanon divisions -- The Australian/The Times

My Comment: It will only be a matter of time before Syria's sectarian civil war spreads into Lebanon.