Opposition rally met with hostility in southern Lebanon - in pictures
Ayman Mroueh of the communist party addresses a rally for the South Lebanon 2 list. Those opposing the rally tried to intimidate the opposition candidates, and their supporters, by blocking the road and throwing rocks. All photos: Oliver Marsden for The National
Ali Khalifeh, the Shiite opposition candidate for Al Zahrani in southern Lebanon, stands in the restaurant hall in Sarafand where the opposition rally was hosted.
Supporters of the opposition candidates in the restaurant hall in Sarafand.
A young man shows the cuts to his arm after he was pushed over and beaten as he arrived at the opposition rally. Local residents had gathered to intimidate those arriving for the rally.
Opposition candidates for South Lebanon 2; Muhammad Ayoub, Ali Khalifeh and Ayman Mroue, are joined by Siba Mroueh, the media representative for the Zahrani coalition.
Raghed, 26, left, and Fadia, 23, outside the restaurant in Sarafand. Fadia had her phone taken and thrown away by men trying to intimidate those attending the opposition rally.
Ali Khalifeh, Shiite opposition candidate for Al-Zahrani in Southern Lebanon, greets supporters in the restaurant hall.
Two supporters wait for an opposition rally for South Lebanon District 2 to begin in a restaurant hall in Sarafand. Local men and women gathered to intimidate those arriving for the rally by blocking the road, throwing stones, beating supporters and even firing a gun in the air. Leader of the Shia Amal party, Nabih Berri, is an MP in the same district.
An opposition supporter shows a soldier an injured young man who was beaten on his arrival at the South Lebanon District 2 opposition rally.
