Lebanon: Islamist sit-in demands Tripoli man release
About 100 young men, mostly Islamists, blocked the northern and southern roads into Tripoli on Saturday, demanding the release of a fellow resident accused of terrorism, an AFP correspondent said. full story
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Five killed, 50 wounded in Lebanon's Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen loyal to rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday.
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One killed in northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - One person was killed and a dozen people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said, in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence fuelled by the civil war in neighboring Syria. They said the dead man was from Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen district, an enclave of Alawite residents in the mainly Sunni...
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Lebanese gunmen kidnap eight Syrians, demand hostage exchange
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped eight men from Syria's Alawite minority as they crossed into northern Lebanon on Monday, residents and security sources said, in a bid to gain the release of a Sunni Muslim man believed to be held by Syrian forces.
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Syrian-linked death toll grows in Lebanon's Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The death toll in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli reached 25 on Saturday in the seventh straight day of clashes between factions supporting opposing sides in Syria's two-year civil war, security sources said. Residents heard sounds of rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire throughout the night and into Saturday morning in one of the most...
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Sectarian violence over Syria war rages in Lebanon's Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese supporters of rival factions in Syria's civil war battled overnight in the city of Tripoli in the worst such bout of spillover violence since the conflict started two years ago. One person was killed and many were wounded as Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim gunmen fired mortar bombs and rocket-propelled grenades at each other in a fifth day of...
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Libyan militiamen attack anti-Islamist protesters
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on an anti-Islamist rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday as part of a call
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Two different views of the new from Tripoli: Analysis
Compare two different stories describing the same incident in Tripoli, Libya. One is from the London Guardian, and the other is from The Tripoli Post.Headline Guardian London: "Libya faces growing Islamist threat.Exclusive: Diplomats warn...
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Libyan militiamen attack anti-Islamist protesters
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on an anti-Islamist rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday as part of a call for mass demonstrations against the country's unruly militias and Muslim radicals.
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Libyan militiamen attack anti-Islamist protesters
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on an anti-Islamist rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday as part of a call for mass demonstrations against the country's unruly militias and Muslim radicals.
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Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, 3 killed
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, as sectarian violence spilled over from the civil war in Syria. Rocket-propelled grenades and heavy gunfire shook the city overnight but the exchanges had tapered off into sporadic sniper fire by...
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