Eleven die in clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli

A Sunni Muslim gunman takes his position as he fires his weapon in the Sunni Muslim Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon March 21, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Eleven people died in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday in fighting between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad which also sparked clashes with the Lebanese army, security and medical sources said.

It was one of the deadliest days in the Mediterranean port city, which has seen frequent outbreaks of violence since the start of the conflict in neighbouring Syria three years ago. Twenty-seven people have been killed in the last week, the sources said.