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The recent murder of an LF official, along with Hezbollah's continued clashes with Israel, have put Lebanon on edge

Lebanese security forces have arrested seven Syrians on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a local politician, a judicial official said Tuesday, amid a backlash against Syrian refugees. Pascal Sleiman was the coordinator in the Jbeil area, north of Beirut, for the Lebanese Forces (LF), a Christian party which opposes the Syrian government and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The LF said it would consider Sleiman's murder a "political assassination until proven otherwise", although the army said the politician had been killed for his car.

الوكالة الوطنية للإعلامNNA - Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdallah Bou Habib, on Tuesday commented on the assassination of Pascal Sleiman, stating: "We extend our deepest condolences to the f

الوكالة الوطنية للإعلامNNA - Member of Parliament, Elias Bou Saab, on Tuesday expressed via "X" platform his condemnation of “the cowardly criminal act that resulted in the death of Pascal Sleiman. 

The abduction of a local official of the Christian Lebanese Forces party risked causing sectarian strife in Lebanon, which is already reeling under the consequences of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in the south.