BEIRUT: The cyber attacks on Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar after it published WikiLeaks documents were condemned Friday by Hizbullah and the Journalists Union. A statement by Hizbullah said the party expressed its solidarity with the publication and considered the hacking of its website “an attack on freedom of opinion and expression,” and called on the government to take measures to prevent such cyberattacks from recurring  Al-Akhbar has published leaked US diplomatic cables connected to a number of Arab countries, and has speculated that individuals in Israel or Arab countries might be behind the attacks. Separately, the attacks were also condemned by the Journalists Union and the group Media Against Violence.