Years after sectarian massacre wartime foes join forces Residents hope alliance will help promote reconciliation between Christians and Druze By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Fifteen years after the end of Lebanon's civil war, residents of Kfar Matta - the scene of bloody sectarian massacres - are to vote on Sunday for tickets grouping long-time Druze and Christian foes. "The alliance between Christian and Druze candidates is a good thing and a first step toward reconciliation," said Shaheen Ghareeb, a Druze resident of this mountain village outside Beirut.
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