Eleven die in clashes in Leba**n's Tripoli

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(Updates death toll) TRIPOLI, Leba**n, March 21 (Reuters) - Eleven people died in the **rthern 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. Tripoli, like much of Leba**n, is divided along sectarian lines and is only 50 km (30 miles) from the Syrian border. Its majority Sunni Muslims, who back the Syrian rebels, often clash with the mi**rity from Assad's Alawite sect. Most were shot by snipers but some gunmen were killed in clashes with the army, the sources said.

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