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The States in Syria
Syria’s Bloody Civil War Spreads to Beirut

By Ishaan Tharoor; Cleo Brock-Abraham

November 5, 2012

General Wissam al-Hassan, a senior anti-Syrian intelligence official, was assassinated in a daytime car bombing Oct. 19 in a predominantly Christian neighborhood of Beirut. The attack killed several others and left dozens wounded and homeless. Two days later, the general was laid to rest in central Beirut. The grave site was historic: he was buried next to another victim of assassination—his former boss, ex—Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who died in a massive daytime car bombing in 2005 that left more than 20 people dead and hundreds wounded. Many of the mourners…

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As predicted, the Syrian situation spread to its neighbors. Lebanese General Wissam al-Hiassan, who displayed anti-Syrian sentiments and other Lebanese people perished in a car bomb. This caused great concern among Lebanese citizen; being neighbors with a long history together, would Lebanon also be dragged into this affair?
This article is small as well, however it does press the issue that Syria’s war does not just kill Syrians. Foreigners can be targeted—and even worse, if a certain religious sect is known to have some anti-Syrian members, then they will be another victim of this war.

But this article limits any mention of America, which I found interesting as opposed to my first article. However, this also limits any other foreign powers—just Lebanon, Israel, and Syria are mentioned. In the article from November 12, the U.N. is mentioned. It appears that TIME is doing a good job of covering the issue from different angles—the American, the International, and from where the conflict appears exclusively.