Masked gunmen blocked roads and closed shops in Tripoli in protest against Hezbollah’s victory in the Syrian city of Qusayr. The Lebanese military seized an arms warehouse near Bab al-Tabbaneh belonging to Ziad Alouki, who is accused of stirring up sectarian strife by claiming that soldiers stepped on a Koran. Clashes continued between the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and Alawite Jabal Mohsen communities in Tripoli. Security forces in Sidon tried to contain protests by residents against a planned rally by the Islamist group Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in the city.
