Lebanon's Amal movement says clashes aim to reignite strife

Lebanon's Amal movement says goal of Beirut street violence was to revive internal strife

Lebanon's Amal movement - an ally of Iranian-backed Hezbollah - says the goal of last week's deadly street violence, in which seven people were killed, was to reignite internal strife.

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18 October, 2021

Lebanon witnessed its worst bout of armed violence in years on Thursday as clashes between rival gunmen erupted, killing six and wounding 30 [source: Getty]

said on Monday that last week's street violence in Beirut aimed to reignite internal strife and threaten civil peace.

On Thursday, as crowds headed for a protest called by Amal and its Iranian-backed ally Hezbollah.

The incident marked and added to that is awash with weapons and suffering an economic meltdown.

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Amal urged the authorities to arrest all those responsible.

blamed the Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) party for the deaths, an accusation that LF head Samir Geagea denied.

The LF condemned Thursday's events and blamed the violence on Hezbollah's "incitement" against , the lead investigator in a probe into last year's blast at Beirut port.��