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And while the violence has subsided recently, the endemic poverty remains. Rami has been struggling to find work to help to support his family. We have no jobs. It ensures security in the presence of troublemakers. Ahmed also disputes the idea of a sectarian conflict. I want them to get an education, a good life to enjoy. I just wish we could get rid of sectarian thinking and all unite.

Hana Awad, from Bab al-Tabbaneh, is the mother of seven children. Sitting calmly in front of the local mosque on Syria Street, the de facto dividing line between the feuding Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighborhoods in Tripoli, he explained how he sees the conflicts enveloping Tripoli. Yet local preexisting conflicts between Sunnis, Alawites and the Lebanese military are now further complicated by the emergence of the radical Salafist groups Nusra Front and Islamic State affiliates now operating in the neighborhood, he said.

The fragile calm between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen is more of a standoff than a truce, and many residents and fighters on both sides feel that the next flare up can begin at any moment. Khodar, a year-old fighter from a Nusra-linked alleyway militia, hopes for "waves of blood" in Tripoli's street and a "slaughter" of their Alawite neighbors.

No way," he proclaimed, explaining that he saw his brother and neighbor killed by gunfire during the last prolonged outbreak of violence between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen in March Just uphill in Jabal Mohsen, the anger is no less prevalent. Khodar Aasi, a year-old coffee shop owner, has suffered loss time and again. His wife was killed by a sniper's bullet that came through the window of their home last year and his year-old son was shot and killed in the street a few months later.

Khodar Aasi was shot and lost his wife and son due to the ongoing conflict between the two neighborhoods. At first glance his muscular build is rendered awkward by his limp, the result of being shot in his leg last fall while Sunni fighters from Bab al-Tabbaneh stopped random Alawites to kneecap them.

But the violent rhetoric is just as widespread in Jabal Mohsen as in Bab al-Tabbaneh. Ali Aasi, a year-old fighter, lifted up his cell phone to show a photograph of a long machete. I want to blow them up. We are all ready for the next battle. But he wasn't a fighter and never wronged anyone. Many families are struggling to make ends meet. This stress adds to the pain caused by the loss of loved ones through violent clashes and it takes its toll on both their mental and physical wellbeing and their health.

These people have been exposed to armed violence on their doorstep for decades and there is a great sense of powerlessness, resignation and mistrust.

It is our neutrality and impartiality that allows us to work in such a polarized environment today. Original material : digital. Orientation : landscape. Send email. They are divided along sectarian lines, as well as by their opposition or support of the Alawite-lead Syrian government. Violence flared up during the Syrian civil war. Sunni Muslims and Alawites have been in conflict with each other for centuries. The Alawites of the Levant were oppressed by the Sunni Ottoman Empire , but gained power and influence when the French recruited Alawites as soldiers during the French mandate of Syria.

With As an overwhelming part of these are Sunni Muslims , the city is considered the traditional bastion of conservative Sunnis in Lebanon. The two neighbourhoods are divided by Syria Street, Jabal Mohsen stands on a hilltop, Bab al-Tabbaneh stands below it. There are still many architectural treasures in the area. Buildings in Bab al-Tabbaneh damaged during the Lebanese Civil War, Syria Street which divides the two neighbourhoods can be seen in the lower right.

Street fighting dragged on for some days until 18 September, when it was brought to an end by a Syrian-mediated peace agreement between the IUM and the ADP. His men responded by killing 15 Syrian soldiers at a checkpoint, which brought the wrath of the Syrians on the Tawheed. During the conflict in Lebanon, pro-government Sunnis fought against anti-government Alawites. During the night between 10 May and 11 May, heavy fighting broke out between Alawite Hezbollah sympathizers and Sunni supporters of the government in Tripoli.

One woman was killed. On 11 May, Sunni supporters of the government had reportedly been fighting opposition followers in the Alawite dominated Jabal Mohsen area with machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

On 22 June and 23 June, at least nine people, eight civilians and a policeman, were killed and 55 others were wounded in Tripoli, in clashes between pro-government Sunnis based in the Bab el-Tabaneh district and pro-Syrian Alawites from Jabal Mohsen.

Machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the clashes, which started around four in the morning.

Between 25 and 29 July, 23 September people were killed in clashes between Sunni and Alawite militants in Tripoli. On 8 September, Alawite and Sunni leaders signed a reconciliation agreement, which ended the fighting and tension which has haunted Tripoli since the civil war. I will do everything I can in order not to let anyone damage the Alawites' security in Tripoli and to foil any external plot to tamper with the security of the Alawites or the security of Tripoli".

Rifa'at Eid , current leader of the armed wing of the ADP said in an interview: "We're the most convenient targets, the stand-in for Hezbollah, our problem can only be solved when the Shiites and Sunnis solve theirs.

In October , Jabal Mohsen was attacked with grenades by unknown assailants. In spite of "missiles" having been launched into Jabal Mohsen a few months before, children from both neighbourhoods, along with children from adjacent villages and refugee camps, played peaceful football-matches in mixed teams during the Open Fun Football Festival on 2 November Seven people were killed and 59 were wounded in Tripoli, on Friday, 17 June Armed clashes erupted following a rally in support of Syrian protesters in Bab-al-Tabbaneh.

Fighting broke out between gunmen positioned in Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh. Between 10—11 February , two [52] to three people died in fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, in the neighbourhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tebbaneh. The Lebanese Army stepped in and suffered six injured soldiers.