World Cup soccer matches have sparked armed clashes between fans in Lebanon, with at least six injuries reported on Monday evening.
Lebanon itself has never qualified to play in the World Cup tournament, so its soccer fans adopt various foreign teams as their own, festooning buildings and vehicles with their flags and colors. Lebanese factions nursing grievances from the 1975-1990 civil war are prone to using these soccer rivalries as an excuse for violence, with some fatalities reported over the years. Lebanon’s domestic soccer scene also has a tendency to produce violent conflicts as team loyalties overlap with factional affiliations.
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