<p>Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded at least six people.</p>.<p>The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned today morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted.</p>.<p>The officials also reported heavy overnight clashes in the northern city of Tripoli. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.<br />Lebanon has been boiling since Friday after an anti-Syrian top intelligence official was assassinated in a Beirut car bombing. The assassination has threatened to shatter the country's fragile political balance.<br /><br />Many politicians have blamed Syria for the killing and angry protesters tried to storm the government palace after Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan funeral yesterday.</p>
<p>Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded at least six people.</p>.<p>The officials say troops managed to separate the gunmen and calm returned today morning to the two neighborhoods in the capital where fighting had erupted.</p>.<p>The officials also reported heavy overnight clashes in the northern city of Tripoli. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.<br />Lebanon has been boiling since Friday after an anti-Syrian top intelligence official was assassinated in a Beirut car bombing. The assassination has threatened to shatter the country's fragile political balance.<br /><br />Many politicians have blamed Syria for the killing and angry protesters tried to storm the government palace after Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan funeral yesterday.</p>