At least 12 killed 40 injured in north Lebanon clashes

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At least twelve people were killed and more than 40 people were wounded Saturday in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the northern Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli as security forces intervened to restore order, National News Agency ( NNA) reported on Saturday.

NNA added that rockets fell on the Tripoli areas of Rifa, Qobba, Al-Chaarani and Al-Baqar.

LBC also reported that the clashes have escalated and have expanded to several Tripoli neighborhood

Six of the wounded are in critical condition according to security sources. Some of the wounded are from Bab al-Tebbaneh, a mostly Sunni community and some are from Jabal Mohsen, a mostly Alawite community that is backed by Hezbollah and supports Assad who is also a Alawite

Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen have been gripped by frequent fighting, reflecting a split between Lebanon’s parties where the opposition backs the revolt in Syria while a ruling coalition led by Hezbollah supports the Damascus regime.

Update; Interior Minister Marwan Charbel is heading to the Tripoli Serail to put together a security plan that involves full deployment of the army in Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen to try and end the clashes.

Update: Charbel: The implementation of the new security plan will start at 5:00 am local time

Update: March 14 MP Khaled Daher blamed the criminal gangs planted by the Syrian regime since its entry into Lebanon for the deterioration of security in Tripoli and Akkar, the kidnappings and killings

He added that more than half of the gang of Arab Democratic Party Secretary General Rifaat Eid which has about 250 gunmen are Syrian spies and Shabbeeha ( thugs) . They are trying to destabilize Tripoli to sow chaos with the aim of inviting the Syrian troops back to Lebanon.

Daher added : It is well known that the security forces are subjected to political decisions and if the prime minister and the 4 ministers who are all from Tripoli cannot take the political decision then the decision is not in their hands, it is in the hands of Syria’s agents who only wish evil

to Tripoli and Akkar

Photo: A Lebanese soldier runs after a man who has stolen his rifle at a street that divides the Sunni and Alawite neighborhoods in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. Lebanese army forces were deployed on Saturday in areas in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, after 6 people were killed and more than 20 wounded in clashes between Alawite supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Sunni Muslims in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.

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14 responses to “At least 12 killed 40 injured in north Lebanon clashes”

  1. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    This is pathetic, really pathetic….Look at this soldier who is running after a civilian who stole his weapon, what kind of a soldier is this ? What kind of a puppet army is this ? How come the army which is the most armed and organized armed forces in Tripoli does not and cannot impose the peace BY FORCE ? Why does not the army disarm the militia in Tripoli BY FORCE ? Whoever they are….Because the army is not excercising its own mandate of imposing the rule of law and peace, the militias are taking over and the innocent civilians are paying the price with their lives, their injuries, their destroyed houses, cars, businesses, etc…Until when the army is going to be SPECTATOR to this mascarade ? I am happy that I don’t live in Tripoli and hope that nothing of this histeria arrives to the Beirut….

    1. TripleC1 Avatar
      TripleC1

       That photo is actually old, I first saw it headlining an article on Al Akbar talking about the early may clashes in Lebanon. I personally think its fake since if someone stole my weapon while I was in country he or she wouldn’t make it 10 paces before someone ie a westerner or a US/NATO allied pro govt. soldiers would have shot the culprit dead. 

      1. deptyGod Avatar
        deptyGod

        yu hav baby mr

    2. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Yah. Pathetic. Where are the other soldiers who should have shot the guy?
      Shabbeeha .. out to kill women and kids again … didn’t get enough blood in Syrian villages.
      Think Mikati and Nasty might decide when an army can be one??
      Don’t be too sure it will not creep south … 

  2. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    This is pathetic, really pathetic….Look at this soldier who is running after a civilian who stole his weapon, what kind of a soldier is this ? What kind of a puppet army is this ? How come the army which is the most armed and organized armed forces in Tripoli does not and cannot impose the peace BY FORCE ? Why does not the army disarm the militia in Tripoli BY FORCE ? Whoever they are….Because the army is not excercising its own mandate of imposing the rule of law and peace, the militias are taking over and the innocent civilians are paying the price with their lives, their injuries, their destroyed houses, cars, businesses, etc…Until when the army is going to be SPECTATOR to this mascarade ? I am happy that I don’t live in Tripoli and hope that nothing of this histeria arrives to the Beirut….

    1. TripleC1 Avatar
      TripleC1

       That photo is actually old, I first saw it headlining an article on Al Akbar talking about the early may clashes in Lebanon. I personally think its fake since if someone stole my weapon while I was in country he or she wouldn’t make it 10 paces before someone ie a westerner or a US/NATO allied pro govt. soldiers would have shot the culprit dead. 

      1. deptyGod Avatar
        deptyGod

        yu hav baby mr

    2. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Yah. Pathetic. Where are the other soldiers who should have shot the guy?
      Shabbeeha .. out to kill women and kids again … didn’t get enough blood in Syrian villages.
      Think Mikati and Nasty might decide when an army can be one??
      Don’t be too sure it will not creep south … 

  3. dateam Avatar

    it really is pathetic….further if the soldiers catch this guy what will they do? will he be charged by the law? or will they upset certain communities? the worst thing the government did was dismantle conscription in the army….half these young people probably do not even work….conscription should be brought back so that respect for the army and community can be bred into this generation….1 year conscription and the service has to be spread out the entire country…

  4. dateam Avatar

    it really is pathetic….further if the soldiers catch this guy what will they do? will he be charged by the law? or will they upset certain communities? the worst thing the government did was dismantle conscription in the army….half these young people probably do not even work….conscription should be brought back so that respect for the army and community can be bred into this generation….1 year conscription and the service has to be spread out the entire country…

  5. guss043 Avatar
    guss043

    Assassin Assad using his gangs to light up the fire in Lebanon.I predict Assad will be assassinated soon 

  6. guss043 Avatar
    guss043

    Assassin Assad using his gangs to light up the fire in Lebanon.I predict Assad will be assassinated soon 

  7. deptyGod Avatar
    deptyGod

    did he caugt he mr

  8. deptyGod Avatar
    deptyGod

    did he caugt he mr

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