Rocket-propelled grenades and machine gunfire broke out in the streets of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Six people were wounded in Tuesday’s clashes between rebels and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad. (June 4)
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Location – Date: TRIPOLI, Lebanon – June 4, 2013
1. Various of masked men shooting guns
2. Various of tanks in the streets
3. Various of gun shots heard in the streets
STORYLINE
Six people were injured on Tuesday in clashes between supporters and detractors of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
Light arms, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the clashes which also caused material damage to residential buildings and shops in the neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen.
Clashes between opposing factions inside Lebanon have intensified in the past weeks as the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah has increasingly been more prominent and public in fighting alongside Assad’s troops for control of the strategic Syrian town of Qusair.
The Lebanese are divided over the conflict next door and factions supporting the opposing sides in Syria’s civil war often clash on home territory.
In Tripoli, fighting has raged since Sunday, leaving at least six dead and 42 wounded, security officials said.
Gun battles subsided on Tuesday after local leaders called for calm, although there was sporadic sniper activity in several Tripoli areas most affected by fighting, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
