BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora urged the army to restore order on Saturday after Hezbollah took over west Beirut and vowed his government would hold firm in its face-off with the militants. "I have called on the army to live up to its national responsibilities without hesitation or delay and this has not happened until now," Siniora said in a televised address to the nation that marked his first reaction to the sectarian clashes that have left 29 people dead in four days. "The dream of democracy has been dealt a poisonous sting," Siniora said. "Your country will not succumb to those behind this coup and the Lebanese people will not allow the return of hegemony and terrorism.