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The Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict is a recurring conflict between Sunni Muslim residents of the Bab-al-Tibbaneh and Alawite Muslim residents of the Jabal Mohsen neighbourhoods of Tripoli, Lebanon. Residents of the two neighbourhoods have been rivals since the Lebanese Civil War, and have often engaged in violence. They are divided along sectarian lines, as well as by their opposition or support of the Alawite-led Syrian government. Violence flared up during the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon. ==Background== Sunni Muslims and Alawites have been in conflict with each other for centuries. The Alawites of the Levant were oppressed by the SunniOttoman Empire, but gained power and influence when the French recruited Alawites as soldiers during the French Mandate of Syria.〔Mordechai Nisan. ''(Minorities in the Middle East: a history of struggle and self-expression )''. McFarland, 2002. ISBN 0-7864-1375-1, ISBN 978-0-7864-1375-1〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Making Sense of the Syrian Crisis )〕〔Seale, Patrick. ''Asad Of Syria : The Struggle For The Middle East'' / Patrick Seale With The Assistance Of Maureen McConville. Seale, Patrick. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1989, c1988.〕 After independence from France, their co-religionists came to power in Syria in 1966 (represented by the al-Assad family since 1970). This angered some of the Sunni majority of Syria, which reacted with an Islamist uprising in Syria, an insurgency which was crushed by the 1982 Hama massacre. With 500,000 inhabitants, Tripoli is the second largest city in Lebanon after Beirut. As an overwhelming part of these are Sunni Muslims, the city is considered the traditional bastion of conservative Sunnis in Lebanon. In general, Sunnis represent 27% of the whole Lebanese population.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lebanon )〕 Being a Sunni stronghold, all major currents of Lebanese Sunni Islamism have been centered in the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISLAMIST GROUPS IN LEBANON )〕 Black banners with Quranic inscriptions crisscross the streets and dozens of free religious schools preach rigid Sunni doctrines and more women are spotted taking up the "niqab." Tripoli is also the birthplace of Lebanon's Salafi movement, a puritanical Sunni movement. The Sunnis of Bab al-Tabbaneh and the rest of Lebanon have close ties with Saudi Arabia, which supports them financially. Nearly half of the Alawites of Lebanon are located in the Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood of Tripoli and nearby villages in Akkar, north Lebanon. 40-60,000 Alawites live in Tripoli,〔() 〕 and their entire population in Lebanon is 120,000 at most.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lebanon's Alawites Watch and Wait as Assad Struggles for Power )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lebanon’s Alawi: A Minority Struggles in a ‘Nation’ of Sects )〕 They have close ties with the Alawites in Syria, including the ruling Assad family. The two neighbourhoods are divided by Syria Street, Jabal Mohsen stands on a hilltop, Bab al-Tabbaneh stands below it. Many residents in the two neighbourhoods are unemployed, which makes them easy to mobilize when clashes erupt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tripoli Clashes: Keeping Conflict Alive )〕 North Lebanon is one of the most impoverished parts of Lebanon and is neglected by the government, leaving room for extremism to grow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tripoli, North Lebanon: The Forgotten City )〕 The neighbourhoods were prosperous until a flood in the 1960s destroyed many buildings, which was followed by the civil war. There are still many architectural treasures in the area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Illustrious Past of Tripoli’s "Frontline" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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