BEIRUT - Armed clashes erupted Thursday during a protest organized by the militant group Hezbollah and its allies against the lead judge probing last year’s blast in the city’s port.
At least five people were killed and dozens wounded in some of the biggest fighting in years, authorities said.The hours-long exchange of fire on a former front line of the 1975-90 civil war involved snipers, pistols, Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades, and were reminiscent of that conflict.