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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Clashes were reported in Lebanon on Saturday as outgoing prime minister Najib Mikati called for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over, a day after he resigned due to a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement.
Local media reported that President Michel Suleiman accepted Mikati's resignation, a move which could plunge Lebanon into further turmoil and uncertainty three months before a planned parliamentary election.
The politically volatile country is struggling to cope with a spillover of violence and a wave of refugees from the 2-year-old civil war in Syria, the country's larger neighbor which has close ties to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
Sporadic clashes erupted for a third day in Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli. Sniper fire killed one man and wounded two others, residents said.
Mikati's resignation on Friday came after a ministerial meeting was deadlocked by a dispute with Hezbollah.
The Shiite militant and political movement has dominated ...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Clashes were reported in Lebanon on Saturday as outgoing prime minister Najib Mikati called for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over, a day after he resigned due to a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement.
Local media reported that President Michel Suleiman accepted Mikati's resignation, a move which could plunge Lebanon into further turmoil and uncertainty three months before a planned parliamentary election.
The politically volatile country is struggling t... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
