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Mideast conflicts meet in tiny patch of Lebanon

By Barbara Surk
Published April 26, 2014 6:01am ET
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Mideast conflicts meet in tiny patch of Lebanon
In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Lebanese army soldiers patrol a road near Ras al-Haref mountain at the unmarked Lebanese-Syrian border, eastern Lebanon. More recently, the unmarked border between the two Arab neighbors, Syria and Lebanon, has become a source of friction in the region. Lebanese militants, fighting on the opposing sides in Syria's civil war have been moving troops and weapons freely over the 365-kilometer (226-mile) invisible frontier. Syrians fleeing their country's bloodshed keep pouring into Lebanon, with most Syrian crossing into Lebanon without being checked by officials at half a dozen border posts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) | Hussein Malla

CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) — This small, scenic patch of land where the frontiers of Syria, Lebanon and Israel converge has long been a flashpoint, with Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops positioned face to face in close quarters across undefined and disputed borders.

The Syrian civil war has made the region known as Chebaa Farms even more dangerous.

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