By NNN-KUNA,
Beirut : The Lebanese army has been deployed to the area of Aitat and other towns in Aley, Mount Lebanon.
Security sources told KUNA that the army was deployed after the Mount Lebanon areas witnessed three hours of intense fighting which claimed Sunday the lives of six people.
Pro-government Druze leader Walid Jumblatt stated that the clashes would lead to more tension between the Druze and Shiite sects, adding that he had assigned head of the Democratic bloc Talal Arsulan to negotiate with the opposition’s gunmen.
Arsulan, on his part, called on opposition supporters to cease all acts of armed operations in the Mount areas.
Tripoli city, in northern Lebanon, was also the scene for intense armed clashes over the last two days.
The clashes in the Mount and Tripoli occurred despite the opposition’s announcement to halt all kinds of armed operations.
The clashes, which began last Wednesday between the opposition and government loyalists, have claimed the lives of 42 people while 160 were injured.