The Amy Command issued a statement on Tuesday whereby it announced that 21 persons from Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen and Bab el-Tabbaneh were arrested on charges of committing criminal acts, noting that 8 of whom were referred by the Intelligence Directorate to the military prosecution.
Investigations are underway with other detainees while the Lebanese Armed Forces Units are taking security measures in the city in order to maintain security and restore calm.
This as, the army started to deploy in Tripoli's axes while responding to sources of fire, conducting raid operations and pursuing gunmen.
Two persons were injured by sniper fire on the Maloula Bridge and two bombs were thrown at a shop owned by a man from Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli's Al-Tall.
Shells and gunshots are still being heard sporadically while sniper fire is randomly targeting people in the vicinity of areas witnessing clashes.
Meanwhile, an LAF patrol raided a place in Tripoli's Bab al-Ramel where a dangerous fugitive dubbed Ahmad Al Qader Al Chami was staying.
During the raid, the patrol was hit by gunfire but responded to sources of fire and managed to arrest the fugitive.
Earlier, Tripoli witnessed severe traffic jam seemingly at the Abou Ali riverroad since the international highway was blocked due to sniping operations.
The media official of the Arab Democratic Party Abdul Latif Saleh told LBCI that a meeting was held with "avengers of blood in Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen" who asked to lift the embargo on Jabal Mohsen's residents.
He also urged Tripoli "wise" dignitaries to stop the bloodshed in the city and to facilitate the implementation of Tripoli's security plan.
The port city of Tripoli has long been a stronghold of Sunni Islamists in northern Lebanon.
But the city has become increasingly volatile in recent months due to the civil war in neighboring Syria, where the Sunni majority is leading a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Disputes from neighboring Syria's civil war frequently inflame sectarian grievances in Tripoli. These clashes pit gunmen from both the mostly Sunni Bab Tabbaneh district and the Jabal Mohsen district which mostly comprises residents of Syrian President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect, a Shiite Islam offshoot.
Tensions had been mounting since 14 October, when a Lebanese military prosecutor pressed charges against seven men, at least one of whom was from Jabal Mohsen, for their involvement in twin bombings near two Sunni mosques in Tripoli on 23 August that killed 47 people.
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