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Rifaat took over its leadership after his father, former Member of Parliament Ali Eid died in 2015.
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He led the party through the Bab First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Tabbaneh-Jabal Mohsen clashes that have repeatedly happened from 2008 onwards, and has supported inhabitants of Jabal Mohsen financially when they could not go to work because of armed conflicts. He also stated, "The Salafis are like kittens when they are weak, but when they are strong they become like tigers."
During the 2011-2012 Syrian Uprising, he accused anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon, such as the Future Movement, of funding and equipping Islamists in Tripoli.
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Quotations: "We"re the most convenient targets, the stand-in for Hezbollah, our problem can only be solved when the Shiites and Sunnis solve theirs.".
