We want the death of the old Lebanon and the birth of a new one,' a protester in Beirut says on Saturday. Previous NextIn central Beirut, some protesters threw stones at security forces, who then released heavy tear gas on Saturday. Near parliament, protesters tried to jump over barriers that closed the road leading to the legislature. The protesters later set on fire a truck that was fortifying barriers on a road leading to parliament. The country’s ruling class, made up mostly of former civil war-era leaders, is blamed for incompetence and mismanagement that contributed to Tuesday’s explosion.

Source: The Standard August 09, 2020 05:48 UTC