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Free Patriotic Movement supporters gathered Thursday morning outside the Baabda Justice Palace in defense of President Michel Aoun.

Dozens chanted, “All of them,” which is a slogan regularly used by protesters against the Lebanese political class – Aoun included.

“We want to hold accountable those who are corrupt. But there remain clean hands, such as those of Michel Aoun,” one protester said. Many carried pictures of Aoun and said the president was a “red line” that cannot be crossed.

At Saint George Hospital in Ashrafieh, doctors and nurses dressed in their white coats gathered in the main lobby, waving Lebanese flags and chanting, “The people want the toppling of the regime.” A similar demonstration was held outside American University of Beirut Medical Center in Hamra.

While the demonstrations have been taking place across the Lebanese regions calling for overthrowing the regime, supporters of Amal Movement staged a protest in the southern city of Tyre to express solidarity with Speaker Nabih Berri.

In one of the most memorable scenes of the mass anti-establishment demonstrations so far, a group of Lebanese actors Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the state-run Tele Liban to oppose its lack of protest coverage. The sixth day of protests got off to a slow start following a display of aggression by supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement the night before. However, as the day wore on, tens of thousands gathered in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh and Martyrs’ squares and in countless towns and cities across the country.