Report: March 14 Coalition to Hold National Conference in Tripoli to Address Security Chaos

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The March 14 alliance will hold a conference in the northern city of Tripoli to urge all fighting sides to end the chaos in the city, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Friday.

The daily reported that the conference is to stress the importance of coexistence, the joint national responsibility and civil peace in the northern city.

The report said that the conference will include various religious, political, economic, civil society organization and lawmakers in Tripoli.

The attendees are expected to issue a final statement that rejects to consider Tripoli as a city for a certain sect that excludes all other.

The final statement will also reject violence as a mean to impose a certain political stance, terrorist acts and extremism.

It will also call on the rival parties to prioritize the security situation in the northern city.

Tripoli is regularly the scene of violence between its Sunni majority and a minority of Alawites -- the religious community from which Syria's President Bashar Assad hails.

Violence has usually pitted the Sunni neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, which backs the Syrian uprising, against the neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, which is populated by Alawites.

The latest, week-long battle killed 15 people on both sides and ended earlier this month when the army deployed along Syria Street, which separates the two districts and acts as the makeshift frontline.

The Syrian uprising, which pits a Sunni-dominated rebellion against the Assad government, has inflamed existing sectarian tensions in Lebanon.

Comments 9
Thumb primesuspect 15 November 2013, 07:54

is it not the right time 2 build an M14 army? rn't we done with words and speeches?

Thumb primesuspect 15 November 2013, 08:23

we r gona have 2 wait indefinitely my beloved bani. the time has come for lebanese 2 take matters into their own hands, arm themselves 4 defencive purposes.

Thumb mckinl 15 November 2013, 10:25

We have seen the Wahhabi armies in action in Syria. M14 would hire mercenaries to carry out their ambitions and be swallowed in the mouths of Islamists and Qaeda.

Thumb mckinl 15 November 2013, 09:52

Mustaqbal announces a reconciliation meeting at the scene of their crimes.

This "smokescreen tactic" will not fool anybody. The KSA Party needs better strategy.

Missing deltaonehedge 15 November 2013, 10:01

Lebanese politicians on both sides are at best useless thieves, at worse criminals (or even worse violent salafist).

Thumb mckinl 15 November 2013, 10:23

Try again benzona ... Saying so doesn't make it so ...

HA has turned the tide against the FSA and the terrorists sent and armed by the USA and the KSA ...

Thumb mckinl 15 November 2013, 10:47

@ Southern.

It seems as though benzona has retreated right off the page here. Usual tactic of cowardice ...

Thumb eli-g 15 November 2013, 14:04

the cat in the photo caught a rat. funny photo.

Thumb benzona 15 November 2013, 15:47

Nasrallah finally got captured :-)