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20 May 2013, 14:28 LBCI: Clashes erupted between the army and a number of gunmen in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 14:27 MTV: One of the four soldiers wounded in Tripoli is in critical condition.
20 May 2013, 14:26 MTV: The families of the Aazaz pilgrims entered the office of the head of the Turkish Cultural Center in downtown Beirut and the security forces are tackling the situation.
20 May 2013, 14:17 LBCI identified the slain soldier in Bab al-Tabbaneh as Omar Omar.
20 May 2013, 14:06 LBCI: The army is still deployed in Syria Street and trying to implement its security plan.
20 May 2013, 13:57 MTV: The Interior Ministry extended to May 27 the deadline for submitting candidacies for the parliamentary elections.
20 May 2013, 13:47 LBCI: A soldier was reportedly killed and four others wounded as the army attempted to enter Bab al-Tabbaneh.
20 May 2013, 13:44 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 28 Hizbullah fighters have been killed and 70 wounded, three critically, in the unrest in al-Qusayr.
20 May 2013, 12:50 MPs according to LBCI: Berri has not set the date for another electoral subcommittee meeting pending contacts he will carry out over the next two days.
20 May 2013, 12:50 LBCI: The electoral subcommittee failed to achieve any progress during its four-hour meeting.
20 May 2013, 12:47 OTV: A unit from the Third Rapid Intervention Regiment has entered Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.
20 May 2013, 12:42 OTV: An agreement was not reached at the electoral subcommittee and another meeting will not be held on Monday.
20 May 2013, 12:39 MTV: Contacts are ongoing between Berri and members of the electoral subcommittee and it is unlikely that a session will be held at night.
20 May 2013, 12:39 OTV: The parliamentary subcommittee decided to hold further meetings and Berri would set the date and time.
20 May 2013, 12:35 MTV: MPs left Ain al-Tineh after the meeting of the parliamentary committee.
20 May 2013, 12:32 VDL (93.3): A shell hit a historic mill in Bab al-Tabbaneh, causing no casualties.
20 May 2013, 12:30 The meeting of the parliamentary subcommittee that was held in Ain al-Tineh has ended.
20 May 2013, 12:17 OTV: Army forces prepare to enter the Jabal Mohsen area in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 12:16 VDL (93.3): The army is preparing to implement a security plan in all areas that witnessed clashes in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 12:04 PSP chief MP Walid Jumblat rejected to al-Anbaa the use of the arms on the internal scene: Political disputes should only be resolved through dialogue.
20 May 2013, 11:46 PM-designate Tammam Salam held a telephone conversation with Caretaker PM Najib Miqati expressing concern over the latest security breakouts in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 11:30 The military court tasked military police to carry out the preliminary investigation into the fighting in the northern city of Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 11:27 Former PM Saad Hariri criticized in a statement the president and government's silence over Hizbullah's fighting Syria: Efforts must be exerted to reach agreement on electoral law to avoid vacuum.
20 May 2013, 11:24 VDL (93.3): The fighting and sniper fire in Tripoli intensified and 2 people were injured, raising the number of today's wounded to 3.
20 May 2013, 10:35 The defense ministry froze the issuing of gun licenses in Tripoli starting today until further notice.
20 May 2013, 10:11 MTV: Heavy gunfire in Tripoli after the funeral of Abdul Qader al-Ahmed, who was killed in Sunday's clashes.
20 May 2013, 10:00 Berri at the start of the subcommittee: Everyone should assume his responsibility. If we fail to agree on a vote law then I will admit it.
20 May 2013, 09:45 LBCI: The electoral subcommittee meeting is underway at Berri's Ain el-Tineh residence.
20 May 2013, 09:42 LF MP George Adwan from Ain el-Tineh: We oppose the 1960 electoral law and the extension of the parliament's term. We propose voting on a new law at the parliament.
20 May 2013, 09:32 MP Hagop Pakradounian according to LBCI: As part of the Tashnag Party, we oppose the 1960 electoral law and support extending parliament's term.
20 May 2013, 09:23 LBCI quoting MP Akram Shehayeb: We agree to both the extension of the parliament's tenure or the adoption of the 1960 law. On the condition we don't fall into vacuum.
20 May 2013, 09:22 Mustaqbal MP Ahmed Fatfat stressed his opposition to extending parliament's term, adding that the bloc will not submit their candidacies today.
20 May 2013, 09:20 FPM Alain Aoun from Ain el-Tineh according to LBCI: We oppose the 1960 law and extending parliament's term.
20 May 2013, 09:13 MP Butros Harb from the Baabda Palace: The state institutions should not be obstructed and the country shouldn't fall into any political vacuum.
20 May 2013, 09:11 LBCI: Speaker Berri is holding talks with MP Sami Gemayel at Ain el-Tineh.
20 May 2013, 09:11 VDL (100.5): MP Sami Gemayel arrived at Ain el-Tineh to attend the electoral subcommittee meeting.
20 May 2013, 08:05 MTV: A rocket fell on the wheat market in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 07:59 LBCI: Heavy sniper fire in the neighborhoods that witnessed gunbattles in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 07:46 LBCI: The army is carrying out raids in the areas that are witnessing sporadic fire.
20 May 2013, 07:45 Beirut police arrested 6 Lebanese, 2 Palestinians and a Syrian for committing different crimes. They also seized 7 vehicles.
20 May 2013, 07:39 VDL (100.5): Caretaker Environment Minister Nazem Khoury headed to Geneva to represent President Michel Suleiman at the Disaster Risk Reduction conference.
20 May 2013, 07:01 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 23 Hizbullah fighters were killed in Syria's Qusayr.
20 May 2013, 06:49 Free Lebanon Radio: A trailer that was disconnected from a truck caused bumper-to-bumper traffic on Dora highway.
20 May 2013, 06:42 ISf detained 127 people for committing various crimes throughout Lebanese territories.
20 May 2013, 06:13 Caretaker Minister Faisal Karami to VDL (93.3): We demand the security forces to implement a security plan to calm the situation in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 05:32 MP Samir al-Jisr to VDL (100.5): Tripoli remains an explosives box but the only way is for the Lebanese army to take stern measures against gunmen.
19 May 2013, 19:38 MTV: Intermittent gunshots and the explosion of shells are being heard every now and then in Tripoli and the army has intensified its patrols on the frontiers.
19 May 2013, 19:26 National News Agency: Although clashes have abated, five more people were wounded in Tripoli – Taleb Dib, Sara Qureitem, Bashar Rabah, Abdul Wahhab Salam and Nagham Dib.
19 May 2013, 19:19 VDL (100.5): Hizbullah transported 10 bodies and more than 17 wounded fighters from Syria into Lebanon this evening.
19 May 2013, 19:10 FPM leader MP Michel Aoun: Although we don't know the date of the elections, but I don't usually prefer the extension of terms, as we are the people of change.
19 May 2013, 19:05 Source close to Hizbullah to AFP: At least four Hizbullah members from the Bekaa region were killed overnight in the Syrian town of Qusayr.
19 May 2013, 18:54 MTV: Hizbullah members Hasan Faisal Shukur, Abbas Mohammed Othman, Mohammed Fouad Rabah, Mohammed Qassem Abdul Sater, Hajj Ahmed Wael Raad and Hajj Ridwan al-Attar were killed in Qusayr's battles.
19 May 2013, 18:35 MTV: Reports said a Hizbullah official called Fadi al-Jazzar was killed in Qusayr's battles and contact was lost with a group that was under his command.
19 May 2013, 18:33 Caretaker Interior Minister Charbel to al-Jadeed: Security will be fully restored in Tripoli within two hours.
19 May 2013, 18:15 National News Agency: The casualty toll from the Tripoli clashes has risen to one dead and 15 wounded.
19 May 2013, 17:59 National News Agency: Two more people -- Taleb Habbabeh and Ali Mustafa -- were wounded in the ongoing clashes between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.
19 May 2013, 17:58 The army confirmed that an officer and a soldier were wounded in the Tripoli clashes, saying its units are intensifying measures and deployment to restore normalcy in the city.
19 May 2013, 17:54 OTV: Dr. Antoine al-Bustani, the candidate backed by the FPM and its allies, has been elected as the head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians.
19 May 2013, 17:34 Security source to AFP: Two people were killed and six others wounded in the Tripoli clashes.
19 May 2013, 17:10 Sources close to Suleiman and Salam to MTV: The line-up of the new cabinet will not be announced this week.
19 May 2013, 17:04 National News Agency: The intensity of the Tripoli clashes has relatively abated.
19 May 2013, 17:02 Information obtained by MTV: The March 14 forces will push for holding a legislative parliamentary session with the Orthodox and the hybrid laws on its agenda and they will be put to a vote should Berri facilitate this step.
19 May 2013, 16:43 The National News Agency denied a media report claiming that the Lebanese army had defused a booby-trapped car that was set up by al-Nusra Front members with the aim of detonating it in Nabatiyeh.
19 May 2013, 16:39 Al-Mayadeen: A clash erupted in the Ain al-Hilweh camp between the bodyguards of al-Lino and al-Maqdah amid reports of casualties.
19 May 2013, 16:27 LBCI: No one was hurt when a passenger bus came under gunfire on Bab al-Tabbaneh's highway.
19 May 2013, 16:22 NBN: Elie Habib -- the candidate backed by March 8, the Communist party and Miqati -- has been elected as head of the Order of Physicians in the North.
19 May 2013, 16:00 National News Agency: Three more people have been wounded in Tripoli -- Taha Alaa Hussein, Rima Rameh al-Hussein and Yasmine Jamal Tartousi.
19 May 2013, 15:48 LBCI: The army urged politicians to ask the parties to practice restraint because it will not be lenient with any deployment of gunmen.
19 May 2013, 15:45 Young men from Bab al-Tabbaneh to LBCI: We're shooting back at the sources of gunfire in Jabal Mohsen and they started the fighting to deviate attention from the Qusayr battle.
19 May 2013, 15:45 Arab Democratic Party secretary-general Rifaat Eid to LBCI: We won't respond to the sources of gunfire and we were expecting clashes due to the Qusayr battle.
19 May 2013, 15:44 OTV: Mohammed Youssef Ahmed, who was injured in Jabal Mohsen, has died of his wounds.
19 May 2013, 15:41 LBCI: Sniper fire from Jabal Mohsen hit a bus carrying the plate number 162247 in al-Mallouleh.
19 May 2013, 15:40 Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi denied media reports that the Tripoli clashes erupted as news broke that 12 of his supporters were killed in Qusayr.
19 May 2013, 15:33 VDL (100.5): Clashes with light- and medium-caliber weapons are ongoing on the al-Baqqar-Hariri Project frontier and the army is responding to the sources of gunfire.
19 May 2013, 15:32 LBCI: The eastern lane of the Abu Ali roundabout was blocked with rocks as a precaution against sniper fire.
19 May 2013, 15:32 The child Dunia Mahfoud received a gunshot wound to the head in Tripoli.
19 May 2013, 15:30 Al-Jadeed: A bus carrying passengers came under gunfire on the bridge of Abu Ali River in Tripoli.
19 May 2013, 15:28 Future TV: Security reports said Hizbullah transported into Lebanon five of its fighters who were wounded in Qusayr and who all hail from the town of Tayr Debba.
19 May 2013, 15:26 National News Agency: A number of shells hit the vegetable market in Bab al-Tabbaneh and a shop went up in flames.
19 May 2013, 15:26 OTV: An army soldier was wounded in his arm in al-Omari Street in Tripoli.
19 May 2013, 15:23 LBCI: A Lebanese army officer and a soldier were reportedly wounded in the Tripoli clashes.
19 May 2013, 15:12 VDL (100.5): A dispute erupted into gunfire between the Jundallah group and the Hassoun family in Tripoli's Abi Samra.
19 May 2013, 15:11 Al-Mayadeen: The Lebanese army defused a booby-trapped car that was set up by al-Nusra Front members with the aim of detonating it in Nabatiyeh and several members were arrested.
19 May 2013, 15:08 LBCI: Six people have been wounded in Tripoli: Tareq Qassem, Samar Ghiyyeh, Khadija Khaled, Fadlallah al-Masri, Bassam al-Kaaki and Mohammed Ahmed Youssef.
19 May 2013, 15:01 OTV: Arab Democratic Party sources stressed that the party will not respond to gunfire and will let the army restore security.
19 May 2013, 14:58 OTV: The fighting intensified between on the Jabal Mohsen-Bab al-Tabbaneh frontier and three people were wounded in Jabal Mohsen.
19 May 2013, 14:53 MTV: A group belonging to al-Nusra Front surrendered to a Hizbullah group after its leaders fled to the Syrian town of al-Dabaa near Qusayr.
19 May 2013, 14:42 LBCI: The wounded toll from the Jabal Mohsen-Bab al-Tabbaneh clashes has risen to four and the army is responding to the sources of gunfire.
19 May 2013, 14:41 LBCI: Bassam al-Kaaki was wounded as five shells fell on the vegetable market in Bab al-Tabbaneh.
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