Security forces fired tear gas early on Monday amid confrontations in central Beirut between supporters of Hezbollah and Amal, and demonstrators protesting against Lebanon’s political elite, Eurasia Diary reports citing Aljazeera.
Lebanon has faced five weeks of anti-government protests, fuelled by anger at corruption among the sectarian politicians who have governed the country for decades. Demonstrators want all of them gone from power.
Iran-backed Hezbollah and Amal were both represented in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who resigned on October 29 after the protests began.
The heavily-armed Hezbollah had opposed Hariri's resignation.
The confrontations began after dozens of Hezbollah supporters arrived on scooters and attacked the protesters with clubs and metal rods. Riot police and soldiers then formed a human barrier, separating the two sides.
Groups of young men threw stones at each other for hours, with security forces in the middle.