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Lebanese anger over unveiling of Soleimani statue in Beirut

Lebanese people expressed their anger as a statue of killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was unveiled in Beirut, viewing it as "cultural aggression".

Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad in a US-ordered drone strike in January last year, had ties with Lebanon's Hezbollah
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