Word: syriana
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...green line" separating the Christian eastern part of the city from the predominantly Muslim west. Late in the week, heavier machine-gun and rocket duels erupted between Christian and Muslim militiamen, killing two people and wounding at least 27 others. But in the early stages of the uneasy Pax Syriana imposed two weeks ago by Syrian President Hafez Assad, the main participants in the Lebanese tragedy were trying to shift most of their efforts from shooting to squabbling over the political future of their battered nation. Even under Assad's tutelage, the question was whether the Lebanese could reach...