Calm has been restored in the northern city of Tripoli after clashes of the past two days left over 20 wounded, including three soldiers.

Calm has been restored in the northern city of Tripoli after clashes of the past two days left over 20 wounded, including three soldiers, the local daily An Nahar reported on Sunday.

A source from the army Command told the daily that the situation is under control, noting that the army had taken the decision to intervene to thwart any unrest should it erupt and the result has been the arrest of three individuals from the neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, it added.

Moreover, the source highlighted political and religious authorities’ determination to lift any protection off the transgressors.

“The developments demonstrated that the clash was a result of an individual dispute and not a decision to create battles in the city,” it stressed.

Clashes erupted between Jabal Mohsen and the area of al-Bakkar late on Friday after two young men were beaten and stabbed while on their way to their place of residence in Jabal Mohsen

The violence soon spread to some other regions in Bab al-Tabbaneh.

The army intervened and fired back heavily at the sources of gunfire, which led to a decrease in the intensity of the clashes.

In a statement issued Saturday, the Lebanese army said that it arrested some people suspected of opening fire during Friday’s Tripoli clashes.

It added that it also confiscated some light weapons found in their possession.

The statement also said that army forces will continue hunting down those involved in the clashes.