Lebanon Clashes Reach Beirut After Anti-Syrian Cleric Death

At least two people were killed in Beirut as clashes between supporters of Syria’s government and opposition members spread to the Lebanese capital for the first time since Syria’s uprising broke out last year.

More than a dozen people were also wounded in overnight fighting that was triggered by the killing of Ahmed Abdel-Wahid, a Lebanese Sunni Muslim cleric and opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He was killed at an army checkpoint near the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said. Tripoli witnessed clashes last week between Sunni groups and Assad supporters from his Alawite sect.