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Fighting and Partying

While almost 2,200 families fled their homes in Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen because of the heavy fighting, Mika [the Lebanese born British singer] had a sold out concert in Martyr's Square on Sunday. Mika left and Tripoli is calm, so all's well when it ends well.

Lebanon is a country of contradictions. No doubt about that.