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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Aoun Convoy Comes Under Fire in Sidon
2012-09-23
[An Nahar] Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
leader Michel Aoun
...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
's convoy came under gunfire in the southern port city of Sidon on Saturday while he was returning from Jezzine.

Aoun's press office confirmed the incident after denying it for "security reasons."

LBCI reported that the convoy was attacked near Bahaa Eddine al-Hariri's mosque in Sidon around 7:30 p.m.

Earlier, Aoun visited Jezzine to reach out for his supporters in the southern town of Jezzine.
Posted by:Fred

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