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A vegetable vendor walks past Lebanese army soldiers on patrol in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, on December 3, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

Lebanese army ordered to restore stability in Tripoli

by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Dec 3, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, announced on Monday that the Lebanese army has been given responsibility for ensuring security in the northern city of Tripoli for six months. The decision came after recent clashes between the...

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Sunni gunmen clash with their Alawite neighboors in the al-Shaarani neighborhood in the Lebanese northern coastal city of Tripoli on November 30, 2013.

Syria-fueled violence kills three in Lebanon’s Tripoli

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Lebanon, Reuters—Three people were killed overnight in fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Sunday, raising to nine the death toll in 24 hours of violence fueled by sectarian tensions over Syria’s civil war. The...

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Lebanese army soldiers patrol a street in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on October 29, 2013 as army deployed following a week of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria’s regime. (AFP PHOTO/IBRAHIM CHALHOUB)

Lebanon: MP charged with hiding suspect in Tripoli bombing

by Layal Abu Rahal | Nov 6, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Lebanese MP was charged with involvement in the bombing of two mosques in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in August on Tuesday. Ali Eid, the Alawite leader of the pro-Assad Arab Democratic Party (ADP), was charged by military prosecutors with...

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Lebanese army soldiers patrol a street in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on October 29, 2013 as army deployed following a week of clashes (FP PHOTO/IBRAHIM CHALHOUB)

Lebanese army enters Tripoli after sectarian clashes

by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Oct 29, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army deployed to the Bab El-Tabbaneh district of the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, in order to end eight days of violent clashes between Alawite residents of the neighboring Jabal Mohsen and Sunni residents of the district....

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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...