The families and relatives of the Lebanese hostages held in Syria staged a sit in at 7:00 a.m. before the Qatari embassy in Beirut to press Doha to speed up the release of these hostages. Security sources said that the families prevented the embassy's staff from entering their offices. The security forces beefed up its presence in the area and diverted the traffic towards Cornish al Mazra-Ramlet al Bayda.