An unidentified masked gunman flashes the victory sign next to a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after pro-Syrian gunmen occupied an office of the pro-government Future movement in Beirut on May 9, 2008. Hezbollah fighters seized control of rival pro-government strongholds in Beirut today as gunbattles rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day, propelling the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war. Getty Images logo Getty Images 45 months ago

An unidentified masked gunman flashes the victory sign next to a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after pro-Syrian gunmen occupied an office of the pro-government Future movement in Beirut on May 9, 2008. Hezbollah fighters seized control of rival pro-government strongholds in Beirut today as gunbattles rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day, propelling the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.

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