Lebanon - Dramatic footage of scene of explosion in southern suburb of Beirut / Clashes between pro

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Dramatic footage of scene of explosion in southern suburb of Beirut 924911 AP TELEVISION Beirut - 2 Jan 2014 1. camera pans to front of building that sustained heavy damage, with smoke rising out of the ruins, zoom in 2. mangled car damaged in blast, 3. Men at scene of explosion, car almost completely destroyed in blast, camera pans across scene Clashes between pro and anti Assad gunmen, Lebanese army forces patrol streets 927271 AP TELEVISION Tripoli - 19 Jan 2014 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 4. Tripoli skyline and buildings, flares being fired, AUDIO: gunfire 5. Pull out to wide of fire in fields Explosion rips through street in southern suburb of Beirut 927557 AP TELEVISION Beirut - 21 Jan 2014 6. Wide tilt down from building set on fire by explosion to large crowd in street below 7. Mid of emergency workers on exposed balcony of building 8. Mid of blackened and smouldering building 9. Emergency workers on balcony of damaged building Aftermath of blast in capital near Iranian cultural centre and Kuwaiti Embassy; hospital scenes 931994 AP TELEVISION Beirut - 19 Feb 2014 11. Tracking shot of an army vehicle, fire engine, ambulance and emergency workers running along the road where explosions occurred, damaged building and vehicles, USPOUND car alarms and small arm gunfire, camera pans and zooms into smoke rising 12. Various of firefighters dousing burning cars STORYLINE: On January 2nd 2014 an explosion rocked a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. The blast killed at least five people, set cars ablaze and sent a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. The nature of the explosion that hit during rush hour in the Haret Hreik neighborhood was not immediately clear, but a Lebanese security official said it appeared to be caused by a car bomb. If confirmed as a bombing, then it would be the latest in a wave of attacks to hit Lebanon in recent months as the civil war in Syria increasingly spills over into its smaller neighbour. The attacks have targeted both Sunni and Shiite neighbourhoods, further stoking sectarian tensions that are already running high because of the war next door. Lebanon's Health Ministry said at least five people were killed and 20 wounded in the explosion, which left the mangled wreckage of cars in the street and blew out the windows of store fronts. An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw two bodies on the street, and at least 10 wounded people. At least one building had its front blown off, nearby buildings were damaged and several cars were completely destroyed. *** Clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime renewed overnight into the early hours ofJanuary 19th in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. Snipers cut the highway connecting the city with the northern Akkar province, bordering Syria. Lebanese Army units responded to the sources of fire using flares to locate the gunmen's positions. According to a Lebanese news agency, four civilians and two army soldiers were injured in the clashes. Tripoli witnessed some 19 rounds of deadly clashes since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March of 2011, between residents of the pro-Assad Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen and their rivals in the Sunni-dominant Bab al-Tabbaneh area. *** A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighbourhood in southern Beirut on January 21st, killing at least two people, in the latest attack targeting supporters of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Thousands of people flocked to the Haret Hreik neighbourhood after the explosion. Lebanon's official media said a suicide bomber in a vehicle was behind the attack. *** You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e210bbc898e740149d7425c88e324573 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork