NNA - Media Bureau head in the pro-Syrian Alawite Arab Democratic Party Abdul-Latif Saleh, categorically denied news reports about clashes ever taking place between Jabal Mohsen and Bab Tebbaneh today.



"The bullets that could be heard now emanate from the funerals or handing of bodies to bereaved families" Saleh exclaimed.



No casualties were reported following heavy shooting in the air, the party official concluded.



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