Syria tensions claim two more lives in north Lebanon

Two people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl, in the Lebanese city of Tripoli Thursday in fighting linked to tensions over the war in neighbouring Syria, a security official said. After several weeks of relative calm, new clashes broke out between Alawites in the city's Jabal Mohsen district and Sunnis in the neighbouring Bab al-Tebbaneh area in which 20 other people were hurt.
Residents of Jabal Mohsen are co-religionists and supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while their neighbours back the largely Sunni-led rebellion against his regime. Media said one of the victims was said to be a Sunni married to an Alawite woman and living in Jabal Mohsen. The source said the 32-year-old man was shot four times in the chest by two hooded men on a motor scooter and rushed to hospital, where he died.