SIDON, Lebanon: Tensions ran high Sunday between members of the Sunni and Shiite communities in and around Sidon after clergy from the sects exchanged a round of insults over the weekend.

Just days before the commemoration of Ashura reaches its climax, Sunni Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Asir voiced fierce criticism of Shiites and Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah during Friday prayers in the town of Abra near Sidon.

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