ZAHLEH, Lebanon -- Syria's conflict, increasingly characterized as a Muslim sectarian war, is now also threatening to engulf the country's estimated two million Christians.

As clashes between government forces and rebels spread over the weekend from the capital Damascus to the northern city of Aleppo -- Syria's two largest urban centers that are home to sizable Christian communities -- the Christians and other minorities are being forced to take sides.

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