Youth Hold Sit-In in Tripoli, Demand Authorities to Unveil Fate of Men Killed in Tall Kalakh
Several youth from al-Mankoubeen area in the northern city of Tripoli erected on Saturday tents near al-Nour mosque to protest media reports saying that a group of Lebanese Islamists from the city were killed in the Syrian border town of Tall Kalakh.
The National News Agency reported that the youth are demanding authorities to determine the fate of the Twenty-two men.
22 young men, including a Palestinian, were killed on Friday in Tall Kalakh in an ambush carried out by Syrian regime forces, various media outlets said.
A security source told Agence France Presse that the victims were fighting alongside the Syrian opposition.
“The tents will remain erected for the upcoming two days,” one of the protesters stressed.
The youth demanded the government to intervene and determine the fate of the men, warning of moving their sit-in to the international highway in al-Badawi, which links Tripoli with the northern district of Akkar and the Syrian border.
A security source told AFP that 14 of the bodies had been delivered to a Syrian hospital by government troops.
The rival districts of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh in Tripoli 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.
Source: Agence France Presse
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