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Sit-in outside TVA buidling in Beirut

Dozens of people staged a sit- in outside the T.V.A building in Beirut, carrying Lebanese flags, amid deployment of security forces, NNA correspondent reported on Friday.

Roads closed as pressure builds on government in 9th day of uprising

Protesters remained in the streets for the ninth day Friday, blocking major roads across the country in an attempt to force the mass resignation of all MPs, ministers and the president. Highways connecting north and south Lebanon to the capital and connecting east and west Beirut remained blocked with protesters, tires, tents and makeshift barriers. Roads in Jal al-Dib, north of Beirut, and Khaldeh, south of Beirut, were blocked since the early morning hours.

 

Protesters resolute on eighth day despite Aoun appeal

President Michel Aoun’s first public address Thursday since the outbreak of street protests did not meet the expectations of the Lebanese.

Instead, demonstrators expressed their disappointment and doubled down on their call for the resignation of the government.

A few hours after Aoun spoke, confrontation shook Riad al-Solh, when a group that appeared to be mostly made up of Hezbollah supporters joined the demonstration.

Scuffles broke out before riot police arrived on the scene, forming a human chain that separated the group from the protesters.

Roads blocked across Lebanon

مع استمرار الاحتجاجات في يومها الثامن، أفادت غرفة التحكم المروري أن الطرقات المقطوعة هي: 

الطرقات المقطوعة ضمن بيروت:

اوتوستراد الضبية - جل الديب - ساحة ساسين - جسر الرينغ - الشفروليه - المنصورية - المكلس - الصيفي - اوتوستراد الرئيس الهراوي

من البقاع باتجاه بيروت:

مفرق قب الياس - جديتا - سعدنايل – ضهر البيدر - مفرق العبادية - عاليه - صوفر

Nurses and doctors protest in hospital

At Saint George Hospital in Ashrafieh, doctors and nurses dressed in their white coats gathered in the main lobby, waving Lebanese flags and chanting, “The people want the toppling of the regime.” A similar demonstration was held outside American University of Beirut Medical Center in Hamra.

Lebanon protests for rain-soaked 7th day

Despite pouring rain, protesters gathered across Lebanon once again Wednesday for the seventh consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations.

The heavens opened on Beirut in the afternoon, but crowds were not put off. Instead, they took shelter in shop doorways and at the entrance to Mohammad al-Amin Mosque, where they continued to chant revolutionary songs.

Protesters stage sit-in outside Banque Du Liban

The number of demonstrators blocking the road outside the Central Bank increased on Tuesday, where they sat in the middle of the road.

The protesters stressed that they movement will continue outside the BDL and the Chamber of Trade and Industry.

Protests continue for seventh day as pressures mount for government change

Protests have entered their seventh day in Lebanon as road closures have increased nation-wide, from Akkar to Tyre and passing through Tripoli, Batroun, Jounieh, Jal el dib, Sinn el fil and Beirut, among other areas. Lebanese army officers have been working since the early hours to re-open seaside roads and main highways, such as that of Nahr el Kaleb in Kesrouane and the one in Jal el Dib. Efforts exerted by the Lebanese army have been met with dissaproval from the protesters as pressure mounts to bring on a change in government.  

Tyre prison inmates hunger strike in solidarity with protests

Inmates of Tyre prison are on hunger strike in solidarity with the protests that have swept Lebanon over the past few days, the state-run National News Agency reported Tuesday.

The prisoners are also calling for a general amnesty, promised by Prime Minister Saad Hariri Monday as part of a series of “reforms” aimed at appeasing the Lebanese protesters who have called for the overthrow of the government.

Activists storm state-run TV station as protests hold steady

In one of the most memorable scenes of the mass anti-establishment demonstrations so far, a group of Lebanese actors Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the state-run Tele Liban to oppose its lack of protest coverage. The sixth day of protests got off to a slow start following a display of aggression by supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement the night before. However, as the day wore on, tens of thousands gathered in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh and Martyrs’ squares and in countless towns and cities across the country.

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