A suicide bomber blew himself up at this army checkpoint in northeast Lebanon.<br/> <br />Security forces cordoned off the bomb site, examining the burnt out remains of a jeep.<br/> <br />At least two soldiers and one civilian died in the explosion in Hermel.<br/> <br />The army said the bomber was driving an SUV when he detonated his explosives after soldiers stopped him to search his vehicle.<br/> <br />It's the latest in a string of attacks linked to Syria's civil war, a conflict that has increased sectarian tensions in Lebanon.<br/> <br />This area is a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group, that supports Syrian President Bashar Assad.<br/> <br />Assad's forces are fighting against predominantly Sunni Muslim rebels.<br/> <br />The militant Sunni group, the Nusra Front in Lebanon, says it carried out this latest attack. A retaliation for Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian war.
