Security Measures near Asir's Mosque in Sidon as Supporters Block Several Roads
The army on Tuesday stopped a car carrying a fake license plate in the vicinity of the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in Sidon, the National News Agency reported, as several security sources denied reports that security forces were preparing to storm the mosque.
“Reports that the army encircled the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in Abra are baseless and supporters of (Sheikh Ahmed) al-Asir went on alert after the army stopped a car carrying a fake license plate in the vicinity of the mosque,” NNA said.
“The army is pacifying the situation,” the agency added.
Meanwhile, LBCI and al-Jadeed quoted military sources as saying that there is no intention to storm the mosque and that the security measures around it were not extraordinary.
Asir's official Facebook page claimed that the army was preparing to storm the mosque.
The reports prompted Asir's supporters to block roads in the Beirut areas of Corniche al-Mazraa and Qasqas and Tripoli's al-Nour Square.
Asir and his supporters have staged several rallies recently to protest claims that Hizbullah had rented apartments in the vicinity of the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque to monitor Asir's movements.
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