BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea lauded Sunday both Lebanese security forces and Tripoli's local officials for confronting extremist threats in the restive north Lebanon city.
“The latest incidents in Tripoli reveal that the Army and other security forces are qualified and capable of defending Lebanon when the need arises,” Geagea said in a statement released by his media office.
The clashes have also revealed that Tripoli residents don’t provide a hospitable environment for terrorism and extremism, he added, stressing that the role of the city’s political, social and religious leadership have proven this rejection of terrorism.
Geagea praised former Prime Minister Saad Hariri for his “brave" stand in support of the military offensive.
“As long as Muslim leadership in Lebanon remains on this level of awareness and bravery and as long as the military and security institutions in Lebanon remain on this level of readiness, then there is no fear for Lebanon,” he said.
Hariri Saturday voiced his support for the Lebanese Army’s measures in the northern city of Tripoli, holding contacts with officials to contain the situation.
“Hariri stressed his full support to the government, the Army and security forces in their mission to restore security and stability in the capital of the north,” Hariri’s media office said in a statement.
The Lebanese Army targeted the hideouts of militants in the northern city of Tripoli Sunday morning as the third day of fighting between the military and jihadists in the city’s old souks intensified sharply overnight.
Three rigged cars were seized by the Lebanese Army during early morning raids Sunday in north Lebanon as the military regained control over the northern district of Minyeh, pounding the surroundings of the Haroun Mosque in Bhanine in Minyeh, where gunmen affiliated with Sheikh Khaled Hablas are based.
The sheikh is accused of being behind attacks against the Army Saturday morning in the Minyeh-Dinnieh area.
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