Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.

Already by 9 a.m., protesters began to trickle into Beirut’s Riad al-Solh and Martyrs' squares, the epicenter of the last four days’ protest, holding up anti-government banners and waving the Lebanese flag.Roads were blocked by burning tires, garbage cans and material from construction sites in Beirut’s Downtown, Zouk Mosbeh and the Bekaa Valley, among other areas.

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese protesters of all ages flooded major cities and towns nationwide on Sunday demanding an end to corruption and the rule of the country’s political elite. Each hour brought hundreds more people to the streets for the largest anti-government protests yet. In Tripoli and Batroun, in north Lebanon; Tyre, in south Lebanon; Deir al-Qamar, in Mount Lebanon, and many other towns, thousands turned out for the demonstrations.

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.

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.