Lebanese Army attacked in Sidon Dec. 16 (UPI) --A group of men attacked a Lebanese Army checkpoint in the southern city of Sidon, Sunday evening, in an event that was overshadowed by an exchange of gunfire between Israeli and Lebanese armies. The attackers are allegedly linked to radical Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, currently in hiding following a clash between his men and the LAF over summer, and the al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front. "We condemn these two terrorist attacks ... that targeted the military institution, which defends Lebanon and the Lebanese, and constitutes the shield of sovereignty and independence," caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a statement. An Army statement said that an assailant threw a hand grenade at the soldiers after they asked the driver to pull over. The grenade wounded two soldiers before other soldiers gunned down the remaining attackers.