- BEIRUT: Sunni lawmakers have called for a "day of rage" throughout Lebanon Tuesday to protest gains by the Shiite group Hezbollah.
In a news conference, lawmaker Moustafa Alloush called for protests to voice refusal for "Persian tutelage" over Lebanon — a reference to Hezbollah's patrons in Iran.He said the protests should be peaceful.Hezbollah secured the support from a majority of parliament Monday to nominate its candidate for prime minister, putting the Iranian-backed militant group in position to control Lebanon's new government.Hezbollah toppled the government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a Sunni, on Jan. 12.

