Al-Jadeed TV station attacked with burning tires after airing interview with Sunni cleric who threatened Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
By Associated Press
Masked men attacked the headquarters of a leading Lebanese TV station with burning tires after it hosted a hard-line Sunni Muslim cleric who harshly criticized the country’s Shiite Muslim leaders, police said Tuesday.

Sheik Ahmad al-Aseer (archive) - Photo: AP
Video footage of the Monday night attack taken by security cameras and broadcast on local television showed five masked figures assaulting the headquarters of Al-Jadeed TV in Beirut.
The attackers also fired several shots at the building, police said, leaving it damaged only lightly and causing no casualties. Continue Reading »









