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Video Coverage of Tripoli Clashes from Al-Jazeera

Here's a YouTube link to Al-Jazeera's English coverage of the recent clashes in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli. Note that the fighting between the residents of the largely Alawite Baal Mohsen and the predominantly Sunni Beb al-Tabbaneh neighborhoods is reminiscent of the 1980's when, during the civil war, the same areas were respectively split between their support for the Syrian Army and Fatah.

Although the Lebanese Army moved in on Monday evening to help restore order, don't be surprised if things heat up again.

 

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Pete Ajemian

Pete Ajemian is a New York-based analyst who has written on topics of political violence, terrorism, and Arab media politics. He has conducted research for US law enforcement and recently completed graduate studies at the University of St. Andrews where his dissertation research examined issues dealing with new media, politics and security in the Arab world. His interest in Arab political media developed over the course of his Arabic language studies in Lebanon and the US. He has also written previously on the subject for issues of Arab Media & Society.

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