The Age · World / Middle East

Israel seizes 12th-century Crusader fortress in deepest Lebanon incursion in decades

· By Bassem Mroue, Kareem Chehayeb, Melanie Lidman
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Beirut: Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said.

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