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Dozens protest Turkish invasion outside UN headquarters in Beirut

Dozens of people gathered Friday morning in front of the United Nations headquarters in Beirut to protest Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began the offensive two days ago, after having received a green light from U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call several days earlier. The incursion has opened a major new front in the eight-year Syrian civil war and drawn fierce criticism internationally.

 

Second Sunday protests of dire economy

Several hundred people gathered in Downtown Beirut to protest against Lebanon’s worsening economic and living conditions for a second consecutive Sunday. Recent events have brought the country’s precarious financial situation to the forefront of public concern. After expanding by just a quarter of a percent in 2018, the economy has not grown in 2019.The protesters gathered in Martyrs’ Square, moved to Riad al-Solh square and then stood outside the Grand Serail. Riot police guarded the government’s headquarters.

Protesters block road facing Ghaziye junction with burning tires

A number of angry yung protesters cut off the southern highway at the Ghaziye junction, facing Al-Amelieh cooperative, with flaming tires, in protest of the deteriorating economic and financial situation.

Protesters block the Nabatie - Kfar Dajjal road

A group of young protesters burned banners this evening in the middle of the main road between Kfar Dajjal and Nabatieh. They gathered in the middle of the road to protest against the poor living conditions and the economic situation while chanting slogans against state and government officials. An internal security force patrol came to the scene and monitored the youth movement. 

Protesters organize sit-in at Abdel Hamid square in Tripoli

Abdul Hamid Karami square in the center of Tripoli witnessed a sit-in during which participants burned political slogans that had been raised earlier in the square, as well as setting fire to a number of tires. Statements by protesters were made condemning the current economic crisis.

Protesters organize sit-in at Abdel Hamid square in Tripoli

Abdul Hamid Karami square in the center of Tripoli witnessed a sit-in during which participants burned political slogans that had been raised earlier in the square, as well as setting fire to a number of tires. Statements by protesters were made condemning the current economic crisis.

Nabatieh-Habbouche road blocked by protesters

Protesters deliberately nlocked the Nabatieh - Habbouche highway to protest against the deterioration of the economic situation, and burned tires in the middle of the road causing traffic congestion.

 

Protesters block Baalbeck road over bad economy

A few dozen people briefly blocked a main road in Baalbeck Sunday morning, protesting the deteriorating economic situation.The protesters blocked the road with a number of vans parked horizontally across it, preventing cars from passing by. It was reopened shortly after by security forces.

Protesters block multiple roads in Beirut over economic woes

Protesters blocked several entrances to Downtown Beirut with burning tires and garbage bins after briefly clashing with riot police outside the Grand Serail in a show of public exasperation at the country's economic situation.Hundreds had gathered in Martyrs’ Square earlier in the day to protest Lebanon’s poor economic situation. Over a hundred riot police and Internal Security Forces members were deployed to protect state buildings in the area.The protesters marched from Martyrs' Square in an attempt to enter Parliament.

 

Protesters block Laboueh - Nabi Osmane road with burning tires

 The international road of Baalbek-Homs in the northern Bekaa was cut off in Laboueh and Nabi Osmane districts with burning tires by protesters due to the deteriorating economic situation

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