...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...
that have been engaged in gunbattles for the past week.
The troops began their deployment at 7:00 am in Syria Street which lies between Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh districts.
The soldiers carried out patrols and erected checkpoints in the street hours after calm reigned in both neighborhoods, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Clashes ended after 11:00 pm Monday after brass hats held intense contacts to guarantee the army's safe entry to Syria Street, NNA said.
Three soldiers were maimed on Monday during a clash with gunnies as troops deployed in Bab al-Tabbaneh, whose residents are mostly Sunni and back the rebellion against Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
The military had earlier deployed in Jabal Mohsen that is mainly Alawite, the sect of Assad.
A week of bloody festivities have left scores of casualties. But brass hats claim that their intention to resolve years of fighting between the two neighborhoods are true.
They took a decision last week for the army to deploy in the city and bring the situation under control.
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr has tasked the army intelligence with carrying out a preliminary investigation to identify those involved in the festivities to take appropriate legal measures against them.
Officials close to President Michel Suleiman
...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
also told An Nahar daily published on Tuesday that the armed forces "will not back off" from a decision reached during the security meeting at Baabda Palace "no matter what the sacrifices were to bring back tranquility to Tripoli."