Poor Tripoli district becomes hotbed for extremists - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mona Alami

Mona Alami

Jan 22, 2015

The Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen is seen through a bullet hole in the window of an apartment in the Sunni Mankoubin district in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli on August 25, 2012, following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions in the city, stoking fears of a spillover of bloodshed. AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images) — The Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen is seen through a bullet hole in the window of an apartment in the Sunni Mankoubin district in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli, following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions in the city, Aug. 25, 2012. — Getty Images/Anwar Amro

Residents and family members of Islamist militants in Roumieh prison gesture during a protest calling for the release of Islamist militants detained by Lebanese forces, and criticizing the sentence duration of former Lebanese minister Samaha in Tripoli May 15, 2015. Samaha was sentenced on Wednesday to 4 1/2 years in prison for forming a group to carry out terrorist attacks. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim - RTX1D3SJ

Radical groups lure Tripoli youths

Mona Alami

Lebanese army soldiers are deployed as part of a new security plan for the city, in the Alawite Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, April 1, 2014. Fighting between Tripoli's Sunni Muslims and members of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, has killed at least 28 people over the last two weeks. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTR3JGBK

Lebanese interior minister warns of 'death triangle'

Sami Nader

Protesters chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they hold a poster of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (top), during a protest in solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters, in the port-city of Tripoli in north Lebanon October 7, 2011. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2SCOJ

Has Al-Qaeda Infiltrated Lebanon?

Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah

Islamist preacher Omar Bakri attends an interview with Reuters at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon May 24, 2013. Bakri praised Michael Adebolajo, one of the suspected killers of a British soldier in Woolwich, but said his actions were spontaneous and that he acted alone. Syrian-born Bakri, who founded the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, was banished from Britain in 2005. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZYWR

Extremist Preacher Denies Al-Qaeda’s Presence in Lebanon

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)