BBC Online :
At least two people have been killed in continuing clashes between neighbouring communities in northern Lebanon linked to the conflict in Syria.
The latest deaths brings to at least 16 the number killed since the violence erupted in Tripoli one week ago.
Battles have raged between Bab al-Tabbana, where there is strong support for Syrian rebels, and Jabal Muhsin, which backs President Bashar al-Assad. Fighting between the two districts has flared since the Syria conflict began.
About 150 people have been injured in the clashes since last week, the Associated Press reports.
It says gunmen with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades continued to exchange fire on Friday following the deaths overnight.
The predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh, and Jabal Muhsin, populated mainly by Alawites, the heterodox sect of President Assad, have fought on-and-off for years.
The war in Syria, though, has exacerbated tensions between the two districts in the northern port city.
