Two Killed, At Least Six Injured in Tripoli Clashes

Local Editor

The military official of the Arab Democratic Party, Ali Fares, was killed on Friday in a gunfight between gunmen positioned in the rival neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh in the northern city of Tripoli, security sources told Agence France Presse.

The gunfight broke out at Syria Street, which divides the two neighborhoods. Two members of the Lebanese army were injured in the gunfight, as well as six civilians, one of them in a critical condition, said a security source.

According to press reports, the Lebanese army soldier Mahmoud Abdul Hamid was martyred in the clashes in addition to another soldier.

Tensions remained high in the area despite the army's heavy deployment. Also, according to the National News Agency, the Lebanese Army braced reinforcements in Jabal Mohsen and Bab Tabbanah regions.