Photo Gallery A Fragile Peace
Shiite fighters patrol the streets of Choueifat, south of Beirut.
After a week of fighting the Lebanese army is starting to restore order.
A bizarre scene: A man poses in front of a tank in a Tripoli street.
A city in fear: In the northern port city of Tripoli only a few people dared leave their homes after heavy gun fights broke out on Sunday.
A man surveys the destruction of his burned out apartment in Tripoli. The situation in the city only cooled down after the army intervened.
Gun fights in have been flaring up for days now in the Lebanese capital city Beirut, as seen here in the district of Tarik-al-Jadideh, for example.
Violence broke out in Lebanon on May 7 after the government tried to shut down Hezbollah's telecommunications network and removed the chief of security at Beirut's airport.
The Lebanese government held a one-minute moment of silence on Sunday in remembrance of the victims of the fighting. Hundreds of people took part -- some waving the country's flag, as seen here in Tripoli.
