Conflict Incident Report

Truck drivers are gathering at Nahr El Kalb highway to protest

Date of incident:

December 7, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

ISF(internal security forces)

Lebanese police Monday cracked down on striking Kesrouan mine truck drivers, issuing tickets and ending a roadblock of a major highway linking the capital Beirut with the coastal city of Jounieh.
A security source told The Daily Star that the 35 striking truckers received two tickets each – one for parking violations and another for non-compliance.
Each ticket is LL200,000.
The truckers had not only parked their vehicles on the side of the Nahr al-Kalb highway, but also refused to heed to police orders to remove them, causing bumper-to-bumper traffic between Beirut to Jounieh.
They were joined by a similar number of mini-bus (van) drivers protesting financial competition from mainly Syrian drivers. But they only stayed there briefly.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Dec-07/326250-mt-leba...

Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Classification of conflict (primary):

Policy conflicts

Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.

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Conflict Incident Report

Truck drivers are gathering at Nahr El Kalb highway to protest