Lebanon's Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmed al-Assir speaks to his supporters during Friday prayers in Beirut, August 10, 2012, to show solidarity with Syria's Free Syrian Army in their fight against Syrian President Bashar al Assad. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese authorities detained a hardline Sunni Islamist cleric wanted for attacks on the Lebanese army as he tried to flee the country on Saturday, security officials said.
Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, a Lebanese citizen, was arrested at Beirut airport as he tried to depart using a forged passport, the officials said. The National News Agency said he wanted to travel to Egypt.
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