Bab-el-Tabbaneh-Jabal-Mohsen conflict

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Lebanese army vehicles and soldiers guarding the Rue de Damas between Bab el-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen

The Bab-el-Tabbaneh-Jabal-Mohsen conflict ( Arabic اشتباكات باب التبانة وجبل محسن) is a recurring conflict between the Sunni Muslims of the Bab-el-Tibbaneh district and the Alawite Muslims of the Jabal-Mohsen district of the Lebanese port city of Tripoli .

The residents of the two districts have rivaled since the Lebanese civil war . The conflict has often been fought with violence. The Syria Street (French: Rue de Damas) separates the Bab el-Tabbaneh district from the Jabal Mohsen district.

The main actors of the Alawis were the long-time Lebanese Alawite leader Ali Eid and his son Rifaat Eid , chairman of the Arab Democratic Party (PDA). The Sunni opponents were Hashem Minkara from the future movement ( Courant du futur ) and violent Salafists .

The violence flared up again during the Syrian civil war . The residents of Bab el-Tabbaneh support the Syrian rebels, while in Jabal Mohsen the Alawite President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad , is highly regarded.

Web links

• Syria conflict fueled tensions in Lebanon at the Deutsche Welle
• The Tripoli Warlords , Vice.com , documentation, 32 min.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Énième cessez-le-feu à Tripoli, mais les francs-tireurs sévissent toujours , l'Orient le jour, 23 August 2013, accessed on 23 August 2012.