Calm Restored to Tripoli after Days of Clashes

Local Editor

After several days of fighting and sniper fire, cautious calm prevailed Tripoli north Lebanon on Wednesday.

The deadly clashes resulted in six deaths and more than 41 injuries.

A security source mentioned that a Lebanese Army patrol chased a car during the night after they believed the people inside were involved in tossing hand grenades in the Jabal Mohsen area.

On this note, The Army units are handling and containing the security situation, conducting mechanized and foot patrols and setting checkpoints, according to the country's National News Agency.

Traffic movement in the city is back to normal and most of the markets, banks, public and private institutions, schools and universities opened their doors as usual.
The Army is expected to complete the deployment plan over all areas.

Moreover, Abdel-Latif Saleh, the Arab Democratic Party media official, had stated late May that residents of Jabal Mohsen were only defending themselves and did not want to instigate a battle.

"People of Jabal Mohsen joined the battle Wednesday night after a group from Bab al-Tabbaneh stormed Jabal Mohsen. They stopped them from doing so," Saleh told a local radio station.

For his part, head of the Lebanese Itihad Party, former minister Abdel Rahim Mrad had noted in this regards in late May, "Events in the Tripoli front is somehow related with events in Syria," clarifying, "when we witness an advance with the Syrian Arab Army, gunmen attempt on opening fire in Tripoli after they lose weight in Syrian battles, taking revenge in Lebanon for their loss."

"It is time to place a military plan and search for a way to control the Lebanese-Syrian borderline. We cannot continue with the dissociation policy, and there should be military coordination between the Lebanese Army and the Syrian Army so militiamen would not sneak into borders," he added.

Source: News Agencies, edited by website team