BEIRUT—The Lebanese government rolled out extraordinarily tight security around massive public rallies Thursday to commemorate the Shiite holy day of Ashura, underscoring intense sectarian tensions in the region fueled by Syria’s civil war.
Wearing black and pounding their chests in mourning, millions of Shiite Muslims across the Middle East marked the 7th-Century assassination of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein bin Ali, by…
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