Sheikh Ahmad Chemali delivers a speech during a demonstration outside Roumieh prison, Metn, on Dec. 10, 2024. (Screenshot from Telegram)
"This is just the beginning of the escalation and we will continue," said Islamist preacher Ahmad shemali during a protest on Tuesday outside Roumieh Prison in the Metn district. The rally called for the release of hundreds of Islamist detainees who have been held in Lebanese prisons for years.According to Shemali, they are imprisoned "solely for their opinions, for standing with the oppressed Syrian people and resisting Assad’s regime," who was ousted on Dec. 8 in a lightning offensive by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that lasted just over 10 days.Alongside other activists and Salafist clerics claiming ties to HTS, Sheikh Shemali called on the public to gather outside Roumieh, Lebanon’s largest prison complex. A similar call to protest was issued Tuesday morning at Tripoli’s al-Nour Square under the slogan "Free Our Brothers!"A few dozen...
"This is just the beginning of the escalation and we will continue," said Islamist preacher Ahmad shemali during a protest on Tuesday outside Roumieh Prison in the Metn district. The rally called for the release of hundreds of Islamist detainees who have been held in Lebanese prisons for years.According to Shemali, they are imprisoned "solely for their opinions, for standing with the oppressed Syrian people and resisting Assad’s regime," who was ousted on Dec. 8 in a lightning offensive by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that lasted just over 10 days.Alongside other activists and Salafist clerics claiming ties to HTS, Sheikh Shemali called on the public to gather outside Roumieh, Lebanon’s largest prison complex. A similar call to protest was issued Tuesday morning at Tripoli’s al-Nour Square under the slogan "Free Our Brothers!"A...