LAF continues implementation of security plan in Tripoli

        
Lebanese Armed Forces deployed on Sunday in the city of Tripoli, mainly in Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh,  while conducting foot and motorized patrols along with establishing checkpoints.          

In this regard, LAF units implemented the security plan that was set forth in order to maintain security in Tripoli.                     

For his part, the media official of the Arab Democratic Party Abdul Latif Saleh announced that the LAF deployed in Jabal Mohsen and is removing barricades.           

He also noted that the party is cooperating with LAF to complete the said security plan.              

In turn, MP Mohammad Kabbara told LBCI that the Lebanese army is removing the barricades and sandbags from the rival neighborhoods.          

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.                                                    
Clashes erupted in Tripoli on Sunday the 19th of May between pro-Syrian regime supporters in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen and pro-revolution fighters in the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh leaving at least 35 persons killed, including 3 LAF members, and more than 300 others wounded.                                         

Violence between the two areas stretches back to decades, but the recent round of fighting was the heaviest. 

On Sunday the 26th of May, clashes eased significantly, while sporadic gunshots were still heard occasionally as Lebanese Armed Forces deployed in al-Kobbeh and Rifa regions, and headed towards Syria Street.