Collective noun, rather than naming individuals. jae Clashes in Beirut oer RE ub members of nti-Assad group Active verb ‘ighting ensues after LEBSNESE soldiers ‘Sunni cleric and anether member of larch 14 political alliance Pre-modified noun, shows nationality of soldiers. Residents of a Beirut suburb fired heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other on Sunday, the latest violence to raise fears that Syria's turmoil was spilling over the border into its neighbour. Earlier, army soldiers in northern Lebanon shot B@$d two members of a political party in an alliance against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, Many Sunni Muslims in Lebanon's north sympathise with Syria's Sunni-led ipringaeiat sedan ‘ay the Lebanese army is taking eeders from Indirect Syrian troops were garrisoned in Lebanon, a tiny country still recovering from its quotation | own 15-year civil war, until 2005. "Nine ier were wounded in the Tariq al- Vague source Jadede district in southern Beirut, Earlier on Sunday, Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid, a Sunni cleric, and Muhammed Collective Hussein Miraib, both members of the Lebanon-based March 1¢ political alliance, nouns, were shot in their car rather than [\y Portrays naming _ReBiGSHitSORIRHETOrLHEMAIIEgIOAof Akkar blocked off roads and burned tyres to | shooting individuals. | protest against the deaths. The main coastal highway and roads in the capital victims as Beirut were also blocked b criminals for not stopping ‘The army released a statement confirming the deaths but not giving any at check information on who was responsible or what led up to the shootings. point "The leadership of the army expresses deep regret for the death of the two victims ... it will immediately form an investigative committee comprised of senior officers and military police under the relevant court,” the statement said, Indirect Prime minister Najib Mikati tried to quell the growing tensions. "The government quotation | is determined to continue to shoulder its national responsibilities amid this critical period in Lebanon and the region, and it will take all measures necessary to reserve civil peace," he said in a statement Indirect Nai quotation "If shots were fired at the tyres, we would say there was a mistake. But we consider this a direct targeting from the army. Frankly, we do not want to see the army here because it works at the service of the Syrian regime,” he said.