Lebanon forces hunt Sunni cleric behind deadly clashes Lebanese security forces continued their hunt for radical Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir, after clashes with his supporters in the southern city of Sidon killed 17 soldiers. Troops consolidated their grip on the port city after overrunning the cleric's headquarters late on Monday but Assir himself remained at large. Images of destruciton in the Abra area of Sidon and the Lebanese army in the city