Fighting In North Lebanon Ends Short-Lived Truce

Gunmen take cover in Bab Tibbaneh district area during clashes between Sunni Muslim supporters of the government and Alawite gunmen close to the Shi'ite Hezbollah-led opposition in Tripoli, northern Lebanon July 9, 2008. At least two people were killed and 41 wounded on Wednesday in renewed sectarian clashes in Lebanon's second largest city Tripoli, security sources said. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON)

From International Herald Tribune

BEIRUT: Heavy fighting erupted Wednesday between government supporters and Hezbollah allies in northern Lebanon, killing at least four people and shattering a fragile truce that had lasted just two weeks, security officials said.

More than 50 people were wounded, including five Lebanese soldiers, in clashes that the officials said began overnight when three hand grenades exploded in a street separating rival districts in Tripoli, the second-largest city in Lebanon after Beirut.

The sound of automatic-weapon fire and rocket-propelled grenades rattled for hours through the two neighborhoods: one Sunni Muslim, comprising mainly government supporters, and the other Alawite, a small offshoot of Shiite Islam, allied with Syria and the Lebanese opposition.

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My Comment: This is going to be the case for the entire summer.