Lebanon: Citizens block roads to protest economic conditions

SANAA, April 27 (YPA) – Large-scale protests erupted in Lebanon on Sunday afternoon, as economic conditions deteriorated to unprecedented levels, despite curfews and quarantine measures adopted to combat the Covid-19 epidemic.

Demonstrators cut off a large number of roads. They set fire to rubber tires to stop traffic and cut off the country from the far north to the south, despite the intervention of security personnel to restore traffic to normal on highways.

At least six people were injured in skirmishes between demonstrators and security forces in the Zalqa area northeast of Beirut. The wounded received an immediate medical attention, a Red Cross official said.

Citizens also held a protest in Tripoli also in the north, the same source said.

Sidon’s highway was cut off in the Jedra city, while others cut off vital roads inside Beirut, particularly those connect east and west of the capital.

Youths set fire to rubber tires on the highway in Damour, south of Beirut, to denounce the economic situation,” the National News Agency reported.

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