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Lebanese army soldiers man a checkpoint on the road leading to Tripoli’s Bab Al-Tabbaneh sunni neighborhood during clashes with Alawite, pro-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Jabal Mohsen neighborhood, on October 25, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)

Lebanon: Violence escalates in Tripoli as Syrian war continues

by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Oct 27, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The civil war in Syria continues to take its toll on Lebanon, with a spate of clashes between Sunni opponents and Shi’ite supporters of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad erupting over the last week in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Violence...

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A man talks on the phone as he walks past damages caused by the bombs that hit two mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli August 24, 2013. (REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim)

Two Syrians and three Lebanese charged with Tripoli attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese judiciary has charged two Syrians and three Lebanese in connection with last week’s two bomb attacks on the Al-Taqwa and Al-Salam mosques in Tripoli. The twin attacks killed 50 and injured more than 500. With the twin blasts...

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Lebanese civilians gather next to the site of a blast outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli on August 23, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO)

Lebanon: Two blasts shock Tripoli

by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Aug 24, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two powerful bomb attacks shook Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli shortly after Friday prayers, leaving at least 47 dead and over 500 injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the two attacks so far. The explosions come a week after a car...