MP Kabbara to LBCI: President Sleiman must assume his responsibilities and save Tripoli

MP Mohammad Kabbara urged on Thursday President Michel Sleiman as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces to assume his responsibilities and save Tripoli and its residents.

MP Kabbara's comments came during a phone call with Nharkom Said TV show in which he said that security apparatuses in the city must coordinate with one another.

He concluded by saying that the perpetrators of Tripoli's twin blasts incited the shooting towards Bab al-Tebbaneh.

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.

On Friday the 23rd of August, two explosions rocked the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli near the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques, leaving 45 killed and almost 500 others injured.