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LF leader Samir Geagea: Tripoli's residents "don’t provide hospitable environment for terrorism"

26-10-2014 | 04:05

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LF leader Samir Geagea: Tripoli's residents "don’t provide hospitable environment for terrorism"

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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed on Sunday both Lebanese security forces and Tripoli's local officials for confronting extremist threats in the northern city of Tripoli.

“The latest clashes in Tripoli show that the Lebanese army and other security forces are qualified and capable of defending Lebanon when the need arises,” Geagea said in a statement released by his media office.

The statement added that the clashes have also revealed that Tripoli residents "don’t provide a hospitable environment for terrorism and extremism."

Geagea praised former Prime Minister Saad Hariri for his “brave" stance in supporting the military offensive.

“As long as the Muslim leadership in Lebanon remains on such level of awareness and bravery and as long as the army and security apparatuses in Lebanon remain on this level of readiness, then there is no fear for Lebanon,” he concluded by saying.

Hariri Saturday voiced his full support for the Lebanese army’s measures in the northern city of Tripoli, holding contacts with officials to contain the situation.

The Lebanese Army targeted the hideouts of armed men in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday morning as the third day of the battles between the military and jihadists in the city’s old souks intensified sharply overnight.

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