REPORT: Calm prevails in Tripoli, LAF soldiers arrest 4 citizens

     




On Tuesday, the Amy Command issued a statement on in which 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.           

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.                   



To watch Edmond Sassine's report, please click on the VIDEO above