Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's resignation has failed to quell na...
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s resignation has failed to quell nationwide protests but nowhere have they proven more determined and more energetic than in the second biggest city, Tripoli, whose residents complain of decades of neglect.
But the protesters in Tripoli, a port city some 80 km north of Beirut and long dogged by chronic poverty and unemployment, have stood out for their determination and fury. Tripoli’s nightly rallies, which resemble an electronic music festival, have become a ritual for the roughly 500,000 residents of the mainly Sunni Muslim city.
Sunni politicians from Tripoli have been a focal point of protest anger, including Najib Mikati, a former prime minister and wealthy businessman. Residents say the lively demonstrations have refashioned the city’s image, long tarnished by sectarian violence between rival Sunni Muslim and Alawite Muslim neighborhoods.
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