Bab al-Tabbaneh Residents Block International Highway Demanding Compensations
Bab al-Tabbaneh residents briefly blocked on Tuesday the international highway that links the northern city of Tripoli with Akkar for the second week in a row to protest the government's failure to compensate them for the damages caused by the recent incidents in the city.
The residents, according to the National News Agency, demand a swift solution.
They urged officials to send a delegation from the Higher Relief Council to pay them their compensations.
Clashes in October between the rival districts of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh, which were sparked by the assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau head chief Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan in a powerful car bombing in the Beirut district of Ashrafiyeh on October 19, left 11 people dead and around 39 others wounded.
Media reports said that battles in the city in May and August killed at least 23 people in total and wounded dozens.
The two neighborhoods have been gripped by frequent fighting between pro- and anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad supporters, reflecting a split between Lebanon's parties where the March 14-led opposition backs the revolt in Syria, while a ruling coalition led by Hizbullah supports the Damascus regime.
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