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On June 23, around 20 Shiite supporters of Ahmad al-Assaad, the president of the small anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Option Party, arrived in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut to declare their objection to Hezbollah’s participation in the Syrian war.
This protest followed another that took place at the end of last week for the same purpose. Supporters backing Assaad and his Shiite party gathered in front of the embassy and a clash erupted between them and Hezbollah supporters, leading to the death of the head of the party’s student body, Hashem Salman. In the wake of the incidents, there were reactions accusing Hezbollah of repressing any opinion opposing it within the Shiite community.
