Report: Security Measures Tightened at Places of Worship
Security forces have heightened their measures at places of worship ahead of upcoming religious occasions, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.
It said that security measures will intensify their surveillance of mosques and churches on Fridays and Sundays respectively.
The Vatican had requested from several countries to takes such precautionary measures ahead of Christmas.
The Islamic State extremist group had threatened earlier this week Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan for meeting patriarchs and Shiite clerics.
It accused the mufti of collaborating with Hizbullah.
The group also issued a threat against moderate Muslim organizations, said An Nahar.
Last week, the IS claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing at Beirut's southern suburbs of Bourj al-Barajneh, a Hizbullah stronghold.
At least 43 people were killed in the blast, the worst such attack in years.
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