Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A pair of suicide bombs detonated outside the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon's capital Tuesday, killing nearly two dozen people in a bloody new ripple from neighboring Syria's civil war. Lebanon's Health Ministry said at least 23 people were killed and 147 wounded. Among the dead was Iran's cultural attache, Ebrahim Ansari, Iran's state-run news agency reported. The victims also included two Iranian civilians who lived in a building close to the embassy, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, a Sunni jihadist group linked to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the bombings via Twitter. The group warned that more attacks would come unless the Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah stops sending fighters to support Syrian government forces. It also demanded the release of the group's members being held prisoner in Lebanon.
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Beirut bombs target Iranian Embassy, killing 23 and wounding nearly 150
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Sunni jihadists claim responsibility, demand that Iran-backed Hezbollah quit Syria
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The bombing is the latest violence in Lebanon linked to the Syrian conflict
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Much of the Middle East is "a single political and military battleground" now, analyst says
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