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FPM supporters rally to defend Aoun

Free Patriotic Movement supporters gathered Thursday morning outside the Baabda Justice Palace in defense of President Michel Aoun.

Dozens chanted, “All of them,” which is a slogan regularly used by protesters against the Lebanese political class – Aoun included.

“We want to hold accountable those who are corrupt. But there remain clean hands, such as those of Michel Aoun,” one protester said. Many carried pictures of Aoun and said the president was a “red line” that cannot be crossed.

Hezbollah hold counter protest in Nabatieh

The Lebanese Army intervened to separate protesters and supporters of Hezbollah who were holding a counter-protest at the site.

Lebanese protest dire economy for second day

Protests were held across Lebanon for a second straight day Friday against the country’s dire economic conditions and tax hike proposals by the government. Most of the main highways and roads across the country were again blocked by burning tires and protesters. The main roads and highways in the eastern Bekaa Valley, the northern towns of Jounieh, Jbeil, Zouk Mikael and Batroun, as well as the southern town of Nabatieh were blocked by burning tires. Highways connecting northern, eastern and southern cities and towns to the capital were also mostly closed.

Protests erupt nation-wide over new taxes

From Tripoli to Tyre and Baalbeck to Beirut, thousands of Lebanese took to the streets Thursday night, forcing the government to backtrack on an unpopular tax it had approved just a day earlier on internet-based phone calls over services like WhatsApp. Protesters blocked main roads across Lebanon with burning tyres. Several roads in Beirut were also cut with protesters igniting garbage bins, wood and other materials. Skirmishes took place between protesters and riot police blocking the road to the Serial, in which at least two protesters were injured.

Communist Party protests economic situation

Dozens of members of the Lebanese Communist Party held a demonstration beginning outside the Association of Banks in Lebanon Sunday to protest the country’s deteriorating economic situation. Having begun at ABL's headquarters at the entrance to Beirut's Gemmayze district, the protesters marched to Riad al-Solh Square and then to the Lebanese Central Bank. Riot police and Lebanese Army soldiers deployed to the protest and formed a line blocking the entrance to the association's building.

Sit-in organized in Nabatieh to protest garbage accumulation

A group of activists and citizens organized a sit-in in the center of the commercial market in the city of Nabatieh to protest the accumulation of waste in the streets and containers. Various roads in the heart of Nabatieh were blocked in the process causing traffic congestion. 

Gas station owners warn of renewed strike

Gas station owners and fuel distributors warned of an open-ended strike starting Monday if there are no positive developments regarding the exchange of currency, calling into question a deal reached just last Friday and implemented this week.

Veterans block VAT building entrances in protest

Veterans blocked the entrances of the Finance Ministry’s VAT building protesting austerity measures imposed on them in the 2019 budget and delays to payments for new retirees. Retired Brig. Gen. Sami al-Rammah called on the Finance Ministry to pay delayed “retirement benefits and school aid” to the veterans.The veterans held a series of protests against deductions to their pensions in the 2019 state budget before it was endorsed by Parliament in July.

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. 

Temporary road block in Hermel by protesters

 Dozens of residents temporarily blocked the road facing Hermel's Seray in protest against the deteriorating economic and living conditions there. They raised  slogans denouncing corruption and negligence.

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