“Only God knows how many catastrophes they are hiding,” he said in an apparent reference to the country’s ruling elite. Protesters thronged the downtown streets for a third day as security forces used tear gas to push them back. The Lebanese Red Cross said it had taken seven demonstrators to the hospital and treated 38 at the scene. The warehouse explosion on Aug. 4 killed at least 160 people, wounded more than 6,000 and left as many as 300,000 homeless. ADADDiab became prime minister in January, after his predecessor Saad Hariri had resigned following huge street protests demanding an overhaul of the country’s decades-old system of corrupt, sectarian rule.

Source: Washington Post August 10, 2020 16:58 UTC