TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Sunday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, a security source said, where sporadic fighting between Sunni Muslims and Alawites over six days has mirrored sectarian faultlines in the raging conflict in neighboring Syria. Sunnis in Syria have been the driving force of a 17-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, whose minority Alawite sect has dominated the country's political and military elite for more than four decades. At least 18 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in nearly a week of clashes in Tripoli. ...
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August 26th, 2012
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