Two die in northern Lebanon in spillover from Syria war

Hezbollah supporters gesture as they listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah via a screen during the 25th anniversary of establishment of Great Prophet (Al-Rassoul Al-Aazam) Hospital, in Beirut's southern suburbs October 28, 2013. REUTERS/ Sharif Karim

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two people died in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Monday, in fighting between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese army, as violence continues to spill over from the civil war next door.

Tripoli, a city that, like much of Lebanon, is divided along sectarian lines, is only 30 miles (50 km) from the Syrian border and its majority Sunni Muslims, who back the Syrian rebels, have often clashed with the minority from Assad's Alawite sect.