Riot police in vehicles and on foot rounded up protesters, according to Reuters witnesses. Hariri, addressing protesters, said Lebanon was going through an “unprecedented, difficult time.”Lebanon’s biggest protests in a decade recall the 2011 Arab revolts that toppled four presidents. They shouted: “Our demands are one, our objective is one: the people want the downfall of the regime.”Some protesters fainted as security forces fired tear gas. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates warned their citizens against travelling to Lebanon. Shattered by war between 1975 and 1990, Lebanon has proportionally one of the world’s highest debt burdens.

Source: New Strait Times October 19, 2019 01:18 UTC