The situation in Lebanon's second largest city, Tripoli, is better than before, but it is not an ideal situation, affirmed Lebanese Defence Minister Fayez Ghosn. In statements Monday, Ghosn said that measures taken by the Lebanese army and the rest of the security bodies will continue to return the situation to normal. The city has witnessed 18 rounds of fighting since the uprising in Syria began in 2011 in addition to the Aug. 23 car bombings outside two mosques that killed 47 people and wounded at least 100 others. Tension has been on the rise after the judiciary charged seven people for involvement in the car bombings, some of whom are members of the Alawite Arab Democratic Party and have links to the Syrian intelligence. Source: MENA