BEIRUT: Protesters attacked the Beirut office of Arab News鈥� sister publication Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday in response to a cartoon published by the paper.
The cartoon depicted the Lebanese flag with the words 鈥渁n April fool...鈥� written above it.
Inside the flag were the words 鈥渢he Lebanese state,鈥� which form a rhyming pair in Arabic.
Protesters entered the building and left papers and upturned chairs on the floor of the offices.