TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Fighting between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tripoli intensified Friday evening, with no end in sight to the violence that has increasingly targeted Lebanese soldiers.
The death toll from the latest round of clashes between the city’s predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen districts rose to 25, with at least 175 people wounded so far, security sources said.
The Army said four soldiers were wounded when the military responded to sources of fire, bringing the total number of wounded soldiers to 33 since the clashes began on March 13.