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Lebanese soldiers stand at attention during a demonstration by Members and supporters of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) in front of the Court of Justice in the capital Beirut on October 20, 2017 in support of Habib al-Shartouni, a member of the Damascus-backed Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), following his conviction in absentia over a 1982 bombing that killed 23 people including Lebanese president-elect Bashir Gemayel. Gemayel, a Christian warlord adored by many in his community, was killed just 20 days after his election as president in the weeks following Israel's invasion of Lebanon. / AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)