Report: Two Soldiers Stabbed in Sidon Clash with Asir Supporters
Two army troops were lightly wounded in a clash with supporters of Islamist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir in Sidon on Monday, according to media reports.
“A supporter of Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir burned pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and fired a number of gunshots on them, and when the Lebanese army intervened, a number of the young man's friends attacked army troops with knives, leaving two soldiers lightly wounded,” MTV said.
Earlier, OTV also reported that two army troops were wounded in a clash with a supporter of al-Asir in Sidon.
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