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(3,746 posts) Thu May 23, 2013, 05:25 AM May 2013

Five killed, 50 wounded in Lebanon's Tripoli

Source: Reuters

Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday.

Tripoli has suffered sporadic sectarian violence since the Sunni Muslim-led uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March 2011, but after a night of mortar, grenade and machinegun fire, residents said this was the fiercest so far.

At least 18 people have been killed and more than 170 wounded in the Lebanese port city since the latest bout of fighting started on Sunday.

The use of heavy weapons stopped as the sun rose on Thursday and only the sound of sniper fire could be heard. The militant groups tend to fight through the night and rest by day.

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Thu May 23, 2013, 02:48 PM

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TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Fighting in the Lebanese port of Tripoli between supporters and opponents of the regime in neighbouring Syria killed nine people on Thursday, as a fifth day of violence spread to previously quiet neighbourhoods, a security source said.

"Very violent fighting took place last night until 5:00 am (0200 GMT) that killed six people and wounded 40. The clashes and shelling affected several areas of the city, including the centre," the source told AFP.

"On Thursday evening, snipers killed three people, one on Qobbah and two in Jabal Mohsen.

Violence has broken out repeatedly in Tripoli since the beginning of Syria's uprising, pitting residents of the Sunni Bab el-Tebbaneh district against those from the neighbouring Alawite area of Jabal Mohsen.

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