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AMAL, Hizbullah Supporters Try to Storm Riad al-Solh, Repelled by Tear Gas
[AnNahar] Tension rose in central Beirut when a group of young men tried to attack the epicenter of the anti-government protests, prompting security forces to fire tear gas.Dozens of men threw stones and Molotov cocktails at anti-riot police who deployed to stop the advancing assailants. Police pushed them back firing rounds of tear-gas. The group of mainly young men who came from the impoverished Khandaq al-Ghamiq area were chanting "Shia, Shia!" as they approached the area of anti-government protesters. It is not the first time supporters of the two main Shiite groups in Leb,  Hizbullah... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... and AMAL Movement, attacked the protesters’ site. Related: Beirut: 2019-12-11 Leb: Protesters Block Jounieh Highway, Many Roads as Tripoli Protests Escalate Beirut: 2019-12-09 Lebanese businessman Samir Khatib formally withdraws his candidacy to head a new government Beirut: 2019-12-07 Lebanon protests are dividing the country’s struggling media Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-12 |
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