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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Two killed with clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon


A security source said that two people were killed on Sunday, in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, which saw over the six days of sporadic fighting between Sunnis and Alawites affected by the conflict in Syria.

And driving the Syrians year Palestinian uprising 17 months ago against President Bashar al-Assad, who belongs to the minority Alawite, a sect dominant political and military elites in the country for over 40 years.

And killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 100 injured in the clashes taking place in the city of Tripoli nearly a week ago.

Residents said the city that the Lebanese army deployment of tanks and troops to quell the violence on Thursday, but fighting broke out again, and added that the army raided areas in the city on Sunday, and arrested a number of militants.

The fighting is the latest in a series of clashes in the coastal city since the uprising began in Syria last year.

The focus of violence in the region bordering the Alawite neighborhoods inhabited by Sunni neighborhoods without generally spread across the city or in the rest of Lebanon. But tensions remained high in Lebanon, particularly the northern region where the two communities are concentrated.