A cautious calm prevailed in the northern port city of Tripoli on Sunday after two days of heavy gun battles between two neighborhoods left at least three people dead and 23 injured.

A cautious calm prevailed in the northern port city of Tripoli on Sunday after two days of heavy gun battles between two neighborhoods left at least three people dead and 23 injured.

Media reports said there was no breach of the ceasefire that was reached on Saturday between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

Only gunfire during the funeral of one of the victims stirred panic among the residents on Sunday morning. But they soon discovered that the gun battles hadn’t renewed.

The ceasefire was reached at a meeting held between Tripoli lawmakers at the residence of MP Mohammed Kabbara.

The meeting was held in the presence of State Minister Ahmed Karami, MPs Samir al-Jisr, Moeen al-Merehbi and representatives of the army, the security services and religious leaders.

They denounced any security breach in their city and stressed the importance of coexistence and safeguarding civil peace.

Meanwhile, the army carried out raids in the two neighborhoods and arrested scores of people involved in the gunbattles.

It also seized weapons.

Furthermore, Tripoli Mufti Sheikh Malek al-Shaar headed a meeting of the Tripoli “to set our stance from all the issues particularly of what’s going on around us in Syria.”

“No arms should be outside the control of the state,” al-Shaar stressed. “The loyalty of each party to the nation would be limited” if other countries and not Lebanon become a priority for them.