Vendors and shops along one of Tripoli city's streets. (Credit: Sandrine Frem)
BEIRUT — "We are taking the necessary measures to prevent things from getting out of control in Tripoli," a Lebanese Army source told L'Orient Today on Monday, following a weekend of heightened tensions in North Lebanon’s largest city. The unrest came as refugees — mainly from the Alawite community — fled escalating violence in Syria’s coastal regions."In principle, the situation is under control," the army source added, as Lebanese authorities fear renewed violence following recent fighting between Syria’s new leadership and Assad loyalists. According to figures from the Akkar governorate and local municipalities, more than 10,000 Syrians crossed into northern Lebanon over the weekend, fleeing the deadly clashes that killed at least 973 civilians, in less than four days.On Saturday evening, tensions flared in the village of Qibbeh...
BEIRUT — "We are taking the necessary measures to prevent things from getting out of control in Tripoli," a Lebanese Army source told L'Orient Today on Monday, following a weekend of heightened tensions in North Lebanon’s largest city. The unrest came as refugees — mainly from the Alawite community — fled escalating violence in Syria’s coastal regions."In principle, the situation is under control," the army source added, as Lebanese authorities fear renewed violence following recent fighting between Syria’s new leadership and Assad loyalists. According to figures from the Akkar governorate and local municipalities, more than 10,000 Syrians crossed into northern Lebanon over the weekend, fleeing the deadly clashes that killed at least 973 civilians, in less than four days.On Saturday evening, tensions flared in the village of...
