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men and four women. Fifty thousand people attended their funeral. The killings put intense strain on the relationship between Iran and Syria and under pressure from Tehran the Syrian army stopped further activity in Beirut's
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Syrians after an incident in which a Syrian soldier was wounded in the leg. At least 20 young Hizbollah supporters were taken prisoner and executed. Other sources put the number of victims as twenty seven, twenty three
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