Report: Hizbullah Warns Sunni Allies in Tripoli from New Wave of Assassinations
Hizbullah warned its allies in the northern city of Tripoli from a new wave of assassinations targeting them, the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper reported on Friday.
According to the newspaper, Hizbullah urged all Sunni leaders, who are close to the party, to take all the necessary precautions after receiving information on a scheme to assassinate them.
The report comes in light of the assassination of pro-Hizbullah Sunni Sheikh Saadeddine Ghiyye in the head.
On Tuesday, two masked men on a motorcycle shot Islamic Action Front official Ghiyyeh in Tripoli's al-Bahsa area.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah considered the killing “an attack against the resistance and its supporters.”
Ghiyyeh was close to Sheikh Hashem Minkara, the head of the Islamic Tawhid Movement, who is an ally of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
However, caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel ruled out on Wednesday that the murder of a Ghiyyeh would lead to a new round of assassinations in Lebanon.
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