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Conflict Incident Report

Supporters of Yacoub block TemnineRyak highway

Date of incident: 
December 20, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

The supporters of former MP, Hassan Yacoub, blocked on Sunday the road connecting Temnine to Riyak in the vicinity of Riyak hospital locality.
According to NNA correspondent, Baalbek and Hermel international highway will also be blocked at 12:00 pm.

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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):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.