Army deploys troops in Tripoli, president criticises Hezbollah

Lebanese Army troops were deployed at hot spots in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday in a bid to end deadly violence that broke out five days ago, according to security sources. The sources said units of the army were positioned in the district of Jabal Mohsen, and some forces were poised to be sent into the opposing region of Bab Al-Tebbaneh and other nearby neighborhoods. The army deployed the troops to disengage warring gunmen that fought street battles over the past five days killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 200 others. The fighting inflicted damage in civilians' properties. The violence pitted gunmen of Sunni factions, based in Bab Al-Tebbaneh, against gunmen of the Alawite sect, entrenched in the opposing neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen. Meanwhile, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman addressed veiled criticism against Hezbollah for the group involvement in the fighting in neighboring Syria. Addressing the army command on the occasion of the "Liberation and Resistance Day," the president said, "Resistance should occupy status high above sands of sedition" in Syria or Lebanon. "We have been a wonderful example for the resistance and sacrifice, however we have been tending to be embroiled in sectarian practices .. definition of the resistance should be high .. resistance must not drawn into seditions internally or in a brotherly country," he stressed. Hezbollah has dispatched fighters to neighboring Syria to fight alongside troops of regime of Bashar Al-Assad. The Hezbollahis have been particularly involved in the ongoing bitter fight for control of the contested town of Al-Qusayr, situated on a vital route linking central Syria with the northwest of the country. Lebanon celebrates on Saturday the 13th anniversary of liberating South Lebanon from Israeli occupation