(3 Jun 2012) Clashes continued in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Sunday morning, between Sunni fighters who oppose the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Alawite fighters who support his regime.
Gunfire and and sniper shots were heard in the area in the early hours of Sunday morning despite the presence of Lebanese army troops.
Thirteen people have been killed and forty nine others wounded since clashes erupted late on Friday.
The Sunni fighters operate in the Bab Tabbaneh neighbourhood of the city, which is predominantly Sunni.
The Alawite fighters are from the adjacent Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood, which lies across Syria street, a road that forms the dividing line between the two areas.
Lebanon and Syria share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which are easily enflamed.
Tripoli has recently been the scene of deadly sectarian violence linked to the unrest sweeping neighbouring Syria.
Tension between the two neighbourhoods has been rife for years and has bubbled over several times since the revolt against Assad's regime broke out in March 2011.
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