Hezbollah, Amal supporters and Lebanon demonstrators, clash in Beirut

Security forces fired tear gas amid confrontations in central Beirut between supporters of Hezbollah and Amal, and demonstrators protesting against Lebanon's political elite.

Since five weeks the anti-government protests are continued in Lebanon. The protest began at corruption charges among the sectarian politicians who have governed the country for decades. The demonstrators demand all of them involved in corruption to gone from power.

Iran-backed Hezbollah and Amal were both represented in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who resigned on October 29 after the protests began.

Hezbollah the heavily armed had opposed Hariri's resignation.

The confrontations started after dozen of Hezbollah supporters arrived on scooters and attacked the protestors with clubs and metal rods. Riot police and Soldier then formed a human barrier, separating the two sides.

The two groups of young men pelted stones on each other for hours, with security forces in the middle.

Several were wounded and beaten. A few Hezbollah supporters held up the Shia group's large yellow flag, waving it and taunting the protesters on the other side.