Lebanese Shiite parties #Hezbollah and #Amal said armed groups had fired at protesters from rooftops in #Beirut on Thursday, aiming at their heads in an attack they said aimed to drag the country to strife. In a statement, the parties called on the army to intervene quickly to detain the perpetrators. "Army said it will fire on any armed person and asked citizens to clear the area," explains Sally Farhat, FRANCE 24 correspondent in Beirut.

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