Syria-linked clashes kill four in Lebanon

Syria-linked clashes kill four in Lebanon

FPJ BureauUpdated: Sunday, June 02, 2019, 12:05 AM IST
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Tripoli (Lebanon) : Sectarian clashes linked to the 21-month conflict in Syria killed four people and wounded 40 in neighbouring Lebanon before dawn today, a security official said. The latest fighting in the northern city of Tripoli between Sunni Muslims and Alawite co-religionists of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad came amid growing international concern about the potential for neighbouring countries to be dragged into the conflict.

Sunni residents of the port city’s Bab al-Tebbaneh district exchanged machinegun and rocket fire with Alawite residents of the neighbouring Jabal Mohsen district leaving two members of each community dead, the security official said.

The fighting broke a tense calm that had held since the army deployed troops between the two impoverished neighbourhoods early on Friday. During the night, troops held their positions on sidestreets but not on the ironically named Syria Street that forms the frontline.

“The clashes are light now,” the official said this morning, adding that no decision had yet been taken on whether to send in more troops. — AFP

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