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Conflict Incident Report

Residents protest closing of quarries

Date of incident: 
September 28, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Residents of an east Lebanon town briefly blocked a road Tuesday to protest a decision to close quarries in the area that the National Council of Quarries and Crushers said were illegal.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.