NNA - A number of Tripoli locals is currently staging a sit-in in the city's key Abdul Hamid Karami square in support for Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Assir and hoisting religious emblems, National News Agency correspondent reported Monday.



In Bab-el-Tabbaneh, heavy gunfire is reported as religious flags flap and prayers inside mosques imploring support for Assir echo throughout the locality.


==========R.A.H.