Wednesday, May 16, 2012
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP)--Several people were wounded as new clashes erupted Wednesday between the army and rival neighborhoods in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, a security official said.
The official said shooting erupted after soldiers tried to remove barricades in the sensitive mainly Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh.
The neighborhood sits opposite Jabal Mohsen, a district populated mainly by Alawites loyal to the embattled regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Bab al-Tebbaneh residents for their part back the opposition seeking to overturn Assad's regime.
Clashes between residents of the two neighborhoods earlier this week left nine people dead and some 50 wounded.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
16-05-12 1258GMT
