A powerful car bomb that tore through a busy area of Beirut has killed at least 18 people in the bloodiest attack so far linked to Syria’s civil war on Lebanese civilians.

A powerful car bomb that tore through a busy area of Beirut has killed at least 18 people in the bloodiest attack yet on Lebanese civilians linked to Syria’s civil war.

A Lebanese guerrilla was killed and two Lebanese civilians were wounded in cross-border fighting today as Lebanese gunmen responded to Israeli airstrikes by attacking Israel, the Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV said.

Hezbollah guerrillas attacked Israeli troops in a disputed part of the south Lebanon border today, said Lebanese security officials and Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV channel.