One killed, another wounded in Tripoli clashes

      
Citizen Omar Hmaydan died of wounds he sustained during clashes that erupted on Saturday night in the northern city of Tripoli, the state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday, adding that another citizen from Al Habib family was wounded.

Tripoli clashes left burned-out cars while several houses and shops were hit by gunshots and bomb fragments.

This as, Lebanese Armed Forces Units took control of the markets where clashes broke out, pursued gunmen and established checkpoints in the region.

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.