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Citrus farmers dump produce over Syrian imports
Date of incident:
February 1, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Farmers in south Lebanon scattered produce across the Zahrani Highway to protest the lack of supervision of Syrian imports that they say are crippling the sector. Following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, the country’s produce has flowed into Lebanon as fighting closed borders and countries imposed sanctions.
South Lebanon farmers threw large quantities of citrus fruits and a mixture of vegetables onto the area’s main highway to demand action from politicians. Traffic came to a standstill before Internal Security Forces intervened to reopen the road.
The demonstrations drew farmers from across the country.
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
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