Guest World News Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 [attach=full]4457[/attach]Tripoli (Lebanon) (AFP) - Masked gunmen on a motorcycle fatally wounded a Lebanese soldier Thursday in Tripoli, which has been regularly rocked by sectarian clashes linked to the conflict in Syria, the army said. Fadi Jbaili, a Sunni Muslim native of the northern port city, was shot in the Boulevard district as he walked to work at around 6:15 am (0415 GMT). Tripoli has been rocked by repeated violence linked to the Syria conflict, pitting its Sunni majority, who largely support the rebels, against the Alawite minority, who back their co-religionist President Bashar al-Assad. The incident came a day after gunmen killed an Alawite, triggering renewed sectarian clashes that killed an 11-year-old boy in a Sunni neighbourhood. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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