Lebanese army soldiers help injured soldiers after clashes between followers of radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen, in the southern port city of Sidon, on June 24, 2013. Lebanese troops battled heavily armed followers of the hard-line Sunni cleric holed up in a mosque complex in the southern port city, the second day of fighting that has left more than a dozen soldiers dead, the military said. (Photo by Mohammed Zaatari/Associated Press)
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