Al-Asir Organizes Anti-Assad Sit-ins in Sidon
The supporters of Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir staged sit-ins across the southern coastal city of Sidon on Sunday to voice their support for the Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad.
The two-hour protests at noon included symbolic sit-ins and gatherings at four roundabouts that mainly lie on the eastern highway of Sidon and on Morjan roundabout where the cleric staged a 33-day protest last year.
The cleric has vowed not to block roads during Sunday's protests after receiving a license from the authorities.
His supporters gathered on the sides of the roads and held banners rejecting the “hegemony of the resistance's arms” and the Syrian regime.
The imam of Sidon's Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, who last held a rally on December 30 in al-Abdeh in the northern district of Akkar, is a staunch supporter of the Syrian revolution against Assad and criticizes Hizbullah for using its arms to impose its hegemony on Lebanon.
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