Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, a hardline Sunni Lebanese cleric, delivers a sermon in support of Syrian rebels in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, in Beirut. Al-Assir, like many other Sunni Muslim clerics in Lebanon, has been vocal in speaking out against the Syrian regime.

First published in the August 10, 2012, 11:00 p.m. edition

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