The Conversation: 'Weary Lebanon licked by the flames engulfing Syria'

By Dr. Christalla Yakinthou. The fighting that has engulfed the Lebanese city of Sidon over the past week, leaving at least 15 soldiers dead and more than 70 injured, has raised tension across the country. The clashes come on the back of growing sporadic violence in Lebanon; each incident cracking the veneer of its separation from the civil war in Syria.