A military prosecutor charged Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmad Assir and his two sons, along with 34 other people, over recent clashes with the Lebanese army in Sidon. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it is up to Lebanon to decide on the issue of arms held by Palestinian refugees in camps in Lebanon; Abbas said his government would implement Lebanon’s decision both inside and outside the camps, but only with respect to PLO members. A mortar round lacking a warhead was found near a politician’s home in Mount Lebanon.
