Tripoli clashes raise fear of bringing Lebanon to Syrian Civil War

Pertempuran antara Alawites dan Sunni di bandar Lubnan utara Tripoli telah mendakwa sekurang-kurangnya 6 nyawa dan berpuluh-puluh cedera menurut pegawai Lebanon.

Sejak 2 tahun yang lalu, perang saudara di Syria jiran sering mencetuskan keganasan antara penyokong dan penentang Presiden Bashar al-Assad yang merupakan ahli mazhab Islam Alawi.

Clashes between Alawites and Sunnis in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli have claimed at least 6 lives and wounded dozens according to Lebanon officials. Over the past two years, the neighboring civil war in Syria has often sparked violence between supporters and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad who is a member of the Alawite Muslim sect.