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5 killed, 50 wounded in Tripoli, north Lebanon

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tripoli lebanon clashesFive people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria’s civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday.

Tripoli has suffered sporadic sectarian violence since the Sunni Muslim-led uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March 2011, but after a night of mortar, grenade and machinegun fire, residents said this was the fiercest so far.

At least 18 people have been killed and more than 170 wounded in the Lebanese port city since the latest bout of fighting started on Sunday.

The use of heavy weapons stopped as the sun rose on Thursday and only the sound of sniper fire could be heard. The militant groups tend to fight through the night and rest by day.

Sunnis sympathetic to Syrian rebels live in a district of Tripoli overlooked by a hilltop neighborhood home to minority Alawites, the offshoot of Shi’ite Islam to which Assad belongs.

The two groups have clashed in Tripoli on and off for decades, but the Syrian conflict has reopened old wounds, with each side accusing the other of using the city as a base for sending fighters and weapons in and out of Syria.

Syrian activists said the fighting in Tripoli flared after a fierce assault by Assad’s forces on the rebel-held Syrian border town of Qusair, where fighters from Lebanon’s Shi’ite Hezbollah movement are battling alongside Syrian troops.

Reuters

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8 responses to “5 killed, 50 wounded in Tripoli, north Lebanon”

  1. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    What a useless and nonsense war in Tripoli. I blame the extremists muslims for this war because the Alawites have no interest in having a war since they are surrounded by the majority sunni, so the sunni extremists are so fired up by their salafi leaders on what is happening in Syria that they are attacking the Lebanese alawites. What is the army doing in all this mess ? Why don’t they control the city period and let the people live in peace. The salafis if they are so fired up about the events in Syria, then go to Syria and volunteer to fight there. Tripoli is NOT SYRIA. The alawites in Tripoli are Lebanese not Syrians. These salafis are killing the peaceful life of Tripoli, its economy, its education system (children cannot go to school), and of course pushing all the intellectuals and wealthy to leave the city. All this is in the name of Allah……what a loosing bunch of ignorants….they associate killing and destroying with the name of Allah and cannot stop their takbir to justify their wrong doing.

    1. lefthanded Avatar
      lefthanded

      constantin the expert of everything without knowing anything has blessed us with his opinion. BOTH extremists on both sides are to blame, have you been to the jabal? you would think you’re in Syria with Assad’s photos everywhere, until recently they’ve put the Lebanese president’s photo just because they were critisized, and it’s very small anyway 😉

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Yes … sticking up photos of the ‘local fav’ politician is one of the worst bad habits everywhere in Lebanon – what eyesores they all are, especially in non-election years.
        You and Constantin are both right in a way – the Ghettoization by Sect supports the idiots on all sides for sure. ‘Im in my hood – no-one can see me – I’m safe.’
        People everywhere do that, don’t they?
        Now, if you could figure out which ‘gang’ rode into town on their motorcycles with guns showing to rob and then burn a KFC, you might have an idea of how ‘security’ works in Tripoli. The Ghettos closed their doors.

      2. Constantin7 Avatar
        Constantin7

        I am not expert in anything. I am just a Lebanese citizen who has an opinion to share on what is happening in my country, as you do and everyone else here does. It sounds just illogical for a small minority surrounded by a hostile majority to start a fight !!!!

  2. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    What a useless and nonsense war in Tripoli. I blame the extremists muslims for this war because the Alawites have no interest in having a war since they are surrounded by the majority sunni, so the sunni extremists are so fired up by their salafi leaders on what is happening in Syria that they are attacking the Lebanese alawites. What is the army doing in all this mess ? Why don’t they control the city period and let the people live in peace. The salafis if they are so fired up about the events in Syria, then go to Syria and volunteer to fight there. Tripoli is NOT SYRIA. The alawites in Tripoli are Lebanese not Syrians. These salafis are killing the peaceful life of Tripoli, its economy, its education system (children cannot go to school), and of course pushing all the intellectuals and wealthy to leave the city. All this is in the name of Allah……what a loosing bunch of ignorants….they associate killing and destroying with the name of Allah and cannot stop their takbir to justify their wrong doing.

    1. lefthanded Avatar
      lefthanded

      constantin the expert of everything without knowing anything has blessed us with his opinion. BOTH extremists on both sides are to blame, have you been to the jabal? you would think you’re in Syria with Assad’s photos everywhere, until recently they’ve put the Lebanese president’s photo just because they were critisized, and it’s very small anyway 😉

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Yes … sticking up photos of the ‘local fav’ politician is one of the worst bad habits everywhere in Lebanon – what eyesores they all are, especially in non-election years.
        You and Constantin are both right in a way – the Ghettoization by Sect supports the idiots on all sides for sure. ‘Im in my hood – no-one can see me – I’m safe.’
        People everywhere do that, don’t they?
        Now, if you could figure out which ‘gang’ rode into town on their motorcycles with guns showing to rob and then burn a KFC, you might have an idea of how ‘security’ works in Tripoli. The Ghettos closed their doors.

      2. Constantin7 Avatar
        Constantin7

        I am not expert in anything. I am just a Lebanese citizen who has an opinion to share on what is happening in my country, as you do and everyone else here does. It sounds just illogical for a small minority surrounded by a hostile majority to start a fight !!!!

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