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Dozens of Progressive Socialist Party supporters protested in front of Al-Jadeed television’s headquarters in Moseitbeh Monday night, after a comedy skit recently aired by the network mocked PSP chief Walid Jumblatt.

“With our souls and our blood, we support you Walid,” protestors chanted. An unidentified spokesperson for the demonstration called on Al-Jadeed to uphold higher standards as a media outlet.

A protest against the ongoing Syrian government offensive in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta was held in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday.

The demonstration, called for by the Committee of Muslim Scholars, was attended by more than 100 people, many of whom were Sunni religious officials.

Lebanon: A protest against the Turkish military operation in Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region was held in front of the Turkish Embassy in Metn’s Rabieh.

The Turkish offensive, dubbed “Operation Olive Branch,” began Saturday, pushing to clear YPG Kurdish militia fighters from Afrin.

The increasing death toll drew outrage from some 200 protesters gathered in front of the embassy, raising Kurdish flags and chanting statements against Turkey’s offensive, a security source told The Daily Star.

Residents of Beirut’s Karantina area staged a protest against plans to build a trash incinerator in the working class neighborhood as part of a government initiative to deal with Lebanon’s waste crisis.

“When you talk about an incinerator, you are saying let the inhabitants find somewhere else to live,” one protestor told local media.

The protest was held near the area’s slaughterhouse, with participants lamenting the lack of attention paid by the government to the area, which during the 2015 garbage crisis was inundated with large piles of trash.