Lebanon's rival Sunni and Alawite sects have agreed on reconciliation in a bid to curb tensions following their four months of fighting, local newspaper Daily Star reported Tuesday.
Alawite leaders Ali Eid, Rifaat Eid and Mufti Sheikh Malek Shaar, and Sunni leader MP Saad Hariri and some prominent figures in northern Lebanese city of Tripoli signed the reconciliation agreement Monday night at the residence of Shaar, Mufti of Tripoliand the north, in the presence of Prime Minister Fouad Seniora.
Seniora was quoted as saying that Tripoli should be free from military appearances and gunmen. "The army and security forces have been ordered to enforce law and order."
The reconciliation agreement calls for eliminating all armed actions in the north, paying compensation for damaged properties and commitment to refrain from all forms of violence.
Hariri, who moved to the region Saturday to hold meetings with leaders of the rival groups, pledged that the state would ensure the requirements of violence victims be met before the end of Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The four-month fighting in the north Lebanon region left 23 people killed and hundreds of others wounded.
Source:Xinhua
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