TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Two men were arrested Tuesday as part of Lebanese Army measures to crackdown on gunmen following repeated attacks on the military in the northern part of the country.
Security sources told The Daily Star that Abdo Fares and Mohammad Murjan were arrested Tuesday morning near Tripoli’s Abu Ali roundabout.
The two men, both of whom are residents of Bab al-Tabbaneh, were wanted by authorities on outstanding arrest warrants.
The Lebanese Army has recently come under frequent attacks in Tripoli and elsewhere in the northern province following deadly gunbattles with Islamist militants in the northeastern border town of Arsal in August.
Meanwhile, police launched a crackdown on illegal street vendors in the Tripoli neighborhoods of Tall and the commercial district.
Police also set up checkpoints, frisking motorists and checking their identity cards.
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