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Port Said's difficult relationship with Cairo

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We look in more detail at the background to last weekend’s clashes in the Egyptian city of Port Said. The violence was sparked by the sentencing to death of 21 local football fans. Next, we head to Jordan to speak to Syrians who have fled their homeland. Finally, we look at efforts to stop Lebanon’s illegal drug trade.

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