Cautious calm in al-Aqbiyeh after Lebanese-Syrian clash
Cautious calm was on Monday engulfing the southern coastal town of al-Aqbiyeh after a clash between Lebanese citizens and Syrian nationals on Sunday, the National News Agency said.
According to NNA, the clash erupted after Syrian young men catcalled a young Lebanese woman from the nearby town of al-Bissariyeh, sparking verbal clashes and the blocking of a road.
Footage circulated online also showed Lebanese citizens burning tents inhabited by Syrians.
NNA said the tensions also involved gunfire.
The army had on Saturday night contained tensions in the northern city of Tripoli after reports said an Alawite man had stabbed a Syrian minor.
The tensions come amid sectarian bloodshed in neighboring Syria, where more than 1,000 have been killed in Syria’s coastal Alawite heartland.
Source: Naharnet
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