The Lebanese army dismantled the armed Islamist stronghold in Tripoli

The Lebanese army dismantled the armed Islamist stronghold in Tripoli

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During the operation, 42 people were killed, over 100 injured

BEIRUT, October 27. The Lebanese army dismantled the armed Islamist stronghold in Tripoli (86 km from Beirut).

During the operation, which lasted three days, killing 42 people, half of them soldiers, and more than 100 injured.Troops entered the quarter-Bab Tabbana – the mainstay of local Sunni fundamentalists, which is home to the urban poor, and began to sweep the streets. According to reports, the last pockets of resistance fighters associated with gangs “Dzhebhat en-Nusra” and “Islamic state”, became a mosque Abdullah bin Mas’ud, where the headquarters of their leaders Shadi Maulyavi and Osama Mansour. Eyewitnesses reported a large number of weapons that are stored in the mosque and fell into the hands of the Lebanese military.

Wanted terrorists escaped.

Earlier, the military evacuated civilians from Bab-Tabbany in next quarter Zahir. To accommodate the refugees temporarily used urban schools that suspend classes.

Military sources told that to the north of Lebanon deployed elite formation. Lebanese Army Commander Jean Kahvadzhi in this regard, made a statement in which it stressed that “anti-terrorist operation will continue until complete stabilization of the situation.” He ruled out the possibility of a truce with those who threaten interfaith peace in Lebanon. The Army has promised to hold all members of the extremist gangs who refused to lay down their arms and surrender.

In turn, Prime Minister Tammam Salam said that “the Government’s decision to start the battle against terrorism is irrevocable.”

Over the past three years, Tripoli remained the main springboard Islamists supporting the Syrian armed opposition. With the advent of the cell in Lebanon, “An-Nusra” and Islamic State became obvious threat of capture of the city by extremist forces. According to the newspaper “Al-Safir” Lebanese military timely operation in the northern capital “stopped the implementation of the conspiracy to foment civil strife in the country”

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