...a confusing city, one end of thich 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...
for the release of a terrorism suspect.
In a separate incident in the early hours of Sunday, one man was killed in festivities between Tripoli's largely Sunni Mohammedan district of Kobbe, hostile to the Syrian regime, and members of Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad's
Supressor of the Damascenes...
Alawite community. Such incidents are frequent.
The outbreak of gunfire between the Islamists and the army happened as the youths, sympathisers with the ongoing revolt in Syria, tried to approach the offices of the pro-Assad Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
There were no reports of casualties.
Earlier Saturday around 10O young men, mostly Islamists, blocked the northern and southern roads into Tripoli , demanding the release of a fellow resident accused of terrorism.
The protesters set up camp at the southern entrance of Tripoli, the largest city in northern Leb.
Black flags bearing the profession of Islam, "God is Great", were planted alongside the Syrian flag of independence, a symbol of revolt in the neighbouring country.
"We will not leave until my brother is released," Nizar al-Mawlawi, whose 27-year-old brother Shadi was tossed in the clink
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
by Lebanese security forces on Saturday.
According to a statement from the Lebanese security services, Shadi al-Mawlawi was tossed in the clink
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
as part of an "investigation into his ties to a terrorist organization," without going into details.