...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
left three people dead as fighting intensified on Saturday morning.
The festivities that had subsided at dawn, again spiraled out of control in the morning with fighters from both Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen using rockets and other heavy weapons.
Three people were killed and four were maimed in Saturday's festivities.
Caretaker premier
Najib Miqati chaired a meeting in the afternoon with the participation of the North's MPs to discuss measures to be taken the restore calm in Tripoli."We call for the implementation of a security plan that would restore security in the city," al-Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
MP Mohammed Kabbara said after the talks. "We also urge the Public Prosecution to continue its investigation with those committing the crime of threatening and attacking the city."
They stressed on the army's role in "preserving civil peace," urging the military institution to "fairly and equally implement rules without any discrimination between one neighborhood and another."
"We demand the army to tighten security measures and suppress all sniper activities from Jabal Mohsen, because despite the troops' deployment in the area, these operations were not halted and have caused the fall of many victims."
The MPs reiterated their rejection of the state of chaos that is prevailing in the northern city, demanding the army to remove all presence of gunnies in the North.
Saturday's battles raised the six-day corpse count to 26 and fed fears of the Syrian civil war spreading to Leb and other neighboring countries.
Leb has been on edge since the uprising in Syria began in March 2011.
This week's fighting in Tripoli has been linked to a Syrian regime offensive against the rebel-held city of al-Qusayr in western Syria that has included Hizbullah fighters supporting Syrian troops against the rebels.
Tripoli is overwhelmingly Sunni but has a tiny community of Alawites, members of Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's minority sect, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
Bab al-Tabbaneh's residents are mostly Sunni while the majority of Alawites reside in Jabal Mohsen.