Protesters across Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, and other cities blocked highways and intersections in Lebanon on Monday with burning tires and rubbish dumpsters. They called on the government to control the country’s financial meltdown and worsening living conditions. In recent weeks, Lebanese pound plummeted to a historic low of 25,800 to the U.S. dollar. The country’s deteriorating... Continue Reading →
LEBANON BURIES VICTIMS OF SECTARIAN UNREST
Thousands of mourners gathered for the funerals of members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement who were killed during clashes in the Tayouneh neighbourhood of the capital Beirut's southern suburbs a day earlier. Lebanon buried the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years after gunfire gripped central Beirut for hours and revived the ghosts of the... Continue Reading →
