Lebanese troops crackdown on militants after attack

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Think that's likely to come up tonight the rapidly deteriorating situation in Lebanon.

Troops in the capital Beirut launching a major crackdown after Friday's assassination of -- top intelligence official.

-- support violence in the streets of that city and beyond.

To -- Lebanese military officials chased away gunmen blaming the sectarian fighting for killing at least six people.

It follows Friday's huge bomb blast which killed a senior official -- been the critical of the Syrian regime's involvement in Lebanon.

We now have surveillance video which captured that -- and you can see people at the outdoor cafe.

When the powerful explosion sent shards of glass raining on the people's kids.

It also killed seven others and wounded dozens more some of them children who were just leaving school may have been -- for that.

-- on shares a border with Syria as I'm sure you know a nation that's been locked in a horrible city civil war for a year and a half or more.

Activist groups estimate more than 30000.

People have died in the last year and a half.

And now there are real concerns among foreign policy analysts that the violence -- just Billy across the border but it it could that it could ignite the conflict all across the region.

The Fox Report chief correspondent Jonathan shout and reported in that region often.

Including across Lebanon and specifically Beirut Jonathan authorities there are clearly trying to keep a lid on this.

Yeah I'm struggling might lead to do that -- we saw -- violent street protests.

Not just in Beirut today but in other cities as well including the northern city.

All of Tripoli the army then moved into this into the streets of Beirut and Tripoli.

And they did -- today get some measure of control but tensions remain at very high indeed amid suspicions.

The back -- bombing on Friday was carried out by Syrian agents with the sole purpose.

Silencing their critics in Lebanon listen.

There's a natural tendency for the Syrians to want to continue to exert control over that country it's and then of course you've got the players of Hezbollah Hamas.

All of those are in play in this particular case and did -- becomes it has since.

The -- proxy war that could take place if we're not careful.

And nobody wants that proxy wall hence the -- from US State Department officials today full all sides in Lebanon to exercise restraint.

Ted trying to achieve calm -- History tells us that may be difficult -- it's never been hard to stroke tensions in Lebanon.

It never has and you look at what the Arab Spring has turned out to be a -- across the region.

Much less about -- a much more a battle for control in so many of those countries between Shia.

And Sunni Muslims and take a look at the split in Lebanon.

27%.

-- 27%.

-- there is also a very large Christian population the majority of whom.

A maronite Christians in old -- seventeen.

Different religious -- recognized.

In Lebanon most of them have political wings the most powerful of those political wings is Hezbollah.

They stand to benefit the most from chaos in Lebanon they have calls strong allies not just a president a sad but also of the Ronnie and regime ship.

Jonathan thanks so much will have much more on tonight's debate live from South Florida.

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