Unrest in Tripoli as Miqati Seeks ICRC Help in Unveiling Fate of Fighters Ambushed in Homs
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Prime Minister Najib Miqati asked the Red Cross on Monday to mediate with Syrian authorities to retrieve the bodies of Lebanese Islamist fighters killed on Friday in the province of Homs, as the situation remained tense in the northern city of Tripoli.
In a phone conversation with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Lebanon George Montani, Miqati also urged the international organization to gather information about the other surviving fighters in the Syrian city.
Twenty-two young men, including a Palestinian, were the victims of an ambush carried out by Syrian regime forces on Friday in Tall Kalakh. Media outlets reporting the news had conflicting reports about the number of people who died and those who survived the attack.
While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a group of 30 rebels "were caught in an ambush by government troops in the area of Tall Sarin near the town of Tall Kalakh”, Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said the ambush left 20 Lebanese men dead, adding that they hail from Akkar's Fnaideq and Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh and al-Mankoubin neighborhoods.
In a related development, unrest erupted in tense Bab al-Tabbaneh and the nearby areas on Monday evening.
"A grenade fell near Bab al-Tebbaneh's phone station in Tripoli and volleys of machinegun fire were heard," al-Jadeed television reported.
Radio Voice of Lebanon (100.5) said sniper gunfire targeted a house in the al-Zahriyeh neighborhood.
"An RPG fell on Bab al-Tabbaneh and its sound echoed across the area," the radio station reported.
Meanwhile, LBCI television said gunfire was heard in Tripoli after a bomb was thrown near the Starco area.
03 December 2012, 16:52
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May they rot in HELL with all their religious brothers, islamists should not have a place on this earth
03 December 2012, 17:47
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I wish they all rest whichever they may rest and as soon as possible so we can all have real peace. I only pity their beards! allahou akbar, BOOM
03 December 2012, 17:25
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how come there are fighters aslan? i thought assad was only fighting civilians? this must be an invention by sana
03 December 2012, 18:48
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of course there are fighters !!! Assad doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants, he's just a monster...
04 December 2012, 02:58
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They died for their cause, are you ready to die for yours? that's what I thought. You're a coward hiding behind a PC.
04 December 2012, 12:22
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lol why are you still here primesuspect? go join them in syria instead of giving me lessons :)
03 December 2012, 18:44
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The corpses of Hezbollah fighters are still buried in Syria, some are returned back home. Now the slain bodies of Lebanese Sunni fighters are laying on the fields of Syria, what does that indicate. We MUST not interfere with the affairs of a neighbor, especially one that is way too big for us and too powerful. Tomorrow will come and no one knows for sure how the winds will shift, for sure Bachar will go, but who will take his place, and would this be an improvement or a worsening for Syria and us too?! Which is why it is even of the utmost caution that we keep out of it for fear of grave reprisals against us one day, thus continuing Syria's old designs on us. Always better to keep a window of opportunity at peace, not war. Hezbollah should not withdraw its men from Syria, as should the Lebanese Sunni. They have no business there.
03 December 2012, 19:02
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Your assurances that Bachar will go are comforting. What is more comforting is the Dr. Arreet 7akeh predicted that he MIGHT go this year! Time is definitely running out on... well... umm... duh... Dr. Arret 7akeh? Honestly, gabby(i)'s predictions have been more... well... umm... duh... less wrong than Dr. Arret 7akeh? It must be those Ray Bans and their effect on one's confidence! Who sells these? I would dispose of my house for a pair, believe you me.
04 December 2012, 12:23
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"We MUST not interfere with the affairs of a neighbor, especially one that is way too big for us and too powerful. Tomorrow will come and no one knows for sure how the winds will shift, for sure Bachar will go, but who will take his place, and would this be an improvement or a worsening for Syria and us too?!"
fully agreed (except little detail about bashar going, i'm not so sure about that, but there's no point in discussing a prediction, only time can tell)
03 December 2012, 18:45
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Sorry, I meant to say Hezbolah should NOW withdraw from Syria.
04 December 2012, 12:26
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i believe nasrallah when he says those men are protecting the border villages where 30,000 lebanese civilians live and are exposed to attacks. maybe you dont believe it, but i do, and given that they cannot possibly abandon those people to throat slicers. look at the kurds, they never were pro bashar but now they declared war on the rebels because they kept attacking and slaughtering in kurdish villages.
there is a very important point we cannot ignore, we can't look away and hope the salafi ideology of killing "kufars" is not real..
03 December 2012, 21:35
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i prefer that wahhaby and farsi fight very hard in syria to their complete exhaustion, have an early merry xmas.
04 December 2012, 06:09
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just a question : who carries his "Ekhraj el Aid" with him in combat.... ?!(As seen in picture)....weird..
04 December 2012, 06:35
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Lol... stupid Sunni's ... The Syrian regime knew they were coming coz another Sunni from tripoli told them... Lol.. How stupid are Sunni's ?? Lol.. Sunni's killing Sunni's everywhere.. This is the funniest article I've read in a while.. Hey stupid sunni's go help the real Sunni resistance in Palestine... Oh I forgot, the Zionist are your allies and ur sunni brothers in Syria are your enemies.. I'm embaressed to call myself a Sunni...
