Political tension rises as people take to the streets of the city of Tripoli, Lebanon
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Play Image 1 of 12: Supporters of the Future Movement torch the vehicle belonging to the Arabic language al-Jazeera satellite television station during a demonstration in support of the caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri in the Sunni bastion coastal city of Tripoli.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: A garbage skips is pushed along a street as supporters of the Future Movement gather in a neighborhood in the capital Beirut during a demonstration in support of the caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: Garbage skips are set on fire.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: Supporters of the Future Movement gather as they watch the torched vehicle belonging to the Arabic language al-Jazeera satellite television station.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: The Lebanese army are seen on the streets as supporters of the Future Movement burn tires in a neighborhood in the capital Beirut during a demonstration in support of the caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: A Lebanese army truck drives through burning tires.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: A Lebanese supporter of the Future Movement takes part in a protest in a neighborhood in the capital Beirut.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: Supporters of the Future Movement torch a poster of Lebanese MP Najib Mikati during a demonstration in support of the caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri in the Sunni bastion coastal city of Tripoli north of Beirut.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: Supporters of the Future Movement rip a poster of Lebanese MP Najib Mikati during a demonstration in support of the caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: Holding up images of caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri (L) and his late father Rafiq (R) Lebanese supporters of the Future Movement.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: Supporters of the Future Movement rip a poster of Lebanese MP Najib Mikati.
Pause Play Image 1 of 12: A Lebanese soldier disperses burning tires set alight by supporters of the Future Movement.
Protests erupted in Sunni regions across Lebanon on Monday as outgoing premier Saad Hariri's party accused the Shiite Hezbollah of staging a coup by imposing its candidate to head a new government.
Demonstrations broke out in various regions with a significant Sunni population where protesters burned tires and blocked major roads as they vented their anger, signalling future tensions and hostilities, at the likely appointment of billionaire Najib Mikati to replace Hariri, Lebanon's most popular Sunni leader.
