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Interim Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri resigns after both failing to form a new government in the past eight months and reaching an impasse with President Michel Aoun on adopting some constitutional amendments. Supporters of Hariri and his party Future Movement subsequently protest in Beirut, where they clashed with riot police, and blocked roads in Tripoli and Tyre.
2021-07-15

Protests erupt in major cities across Lebanon for the second day over the country's continuing economic problems. Banks and vehicles are set on fire, and clashes between the protestors and the army in Tripoli leave around 40 soldiers injured.
2020-04-28

A gunman kills four security officers and injures two before blowing himself up in Tripoli, Lebanon.
2019-06-3

Clashes erupt in Tripoli, Lebanon, between Syrian regime supporters and detractors, leaving three dead.
2014-03-21

Two people are killed in the northern city of Tripoli in fighting between supporters and opponents of the Syrian government and the Lebanese army.
2013-10-28

Explosions occur outside mosques in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. Over 50 are reported killed.
2013-08-23

Protesters in Tripoli, Lebanon, set fire to a KFC and a Hardees restaurant, sparking clashes with local security forces. One protester is killed and 25 people wounded, including 18 police officers.
2012-09-14

Sporadic fighting continues in Tripoli, Lebanon, between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
2012-06-3

Clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad kill at least 12 and injure more than 40 people in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli.
2012-06-2

Several people are killed in clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between supporters and opponents of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, in a violent spillover from the Syrian civil war.
2012-05-13