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While Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home, many Lebanese remain on edge. Years of conflict have left the Syria-Lebanon borderlands scarred, and fears grow that instability could spill over again.

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Syrian rebels freed prisoners, tore down statues and plundered Bashar al-Assad’s Damascus palace as his brutal regime ...

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Syria is free. Now it is time for the world to pitch in.

The rapid developments in Damascus came only hours after rebels said they had captured the strategic city of Homs.