Lebanese authorities on Wednesday banned rallies for or against Syria's ruling regime.
"We have decided not to approve any requests for demonstrations as they fail to meet legal conditions," the north Lebanon branch of the national security council, grouping security bodies and local governors, said in a statement.
The council urged all parties to keep Syria-linked rallies off the streets and limited to "unlocked halls or arenas in coordination with security forces and military in order to preserve the civil peace in Tripoli and the north."
Pan-Islamic group Hezb Ut-Tahrir has called for a rally after Friday prayers in Tripoli to protest against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Sixteen members of the party were arrested earlier this week for posting leaflets calling for protests. "The local branch of the security council has informed us that our gathering this Friday should take place inside an assembly hall and not in the street," Hezb Ut-Tahrir's Lebanon spokesman Ahmad Kasas told AFP on Wednesday.
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