Location on the Lebanese territory

Tear gas was fired at protesters in north Lebanon Wednesday night, as demonstrators blocked roads once again.

The Lebanese Army fired tear gas at protesters in the Akkar town of Abdeh. Across the country, roads were blocked by protesters, tents and burning tires after being reopened earlier in the day in ongoing anti-government protests.

The Lebanese Army forcibly opened the highway north of Beirut Wednesday, almost an hour after its call on protesters to voluntarily open the roads.

Soldiers pushed away around 50 protesters blocking the highway at Jal al-Dib and took down the tents they had set up in the area. The force of over 100 soldiers also tried to push parked cars out of the way before their owners moved them in fear of the soldiers.

Army Intelligence denied local TV channels LBCI and Al Jadeed from filming as they removed the protesters from the highway.

Lebanese cautiously welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation Tuesday in Downtown Beirut, following violent clashes between protesters and supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.

On the 13th day of nationwide protests, a mob destroyed and burned tents belonging to protesters in Downtown Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square and Riad al-Solh, after beating demonstrators who were blocking the nearby “Ring Bridge.”

Hariri’s announcement came shortly after riot police and the Army dispersed the attackers and pushed them out of Downtown Beirut.

A number of protesters staged sit-ins outside Banque Du Liban branches in several regions, including Hamra Street in Beirut, Sidon, Baalbek and Nabatieh.