President Michel Aoun has yet to hold consultations with parliamentary blocs on choosing a new prime minister after the government resigned a month ago. That thoroughfare had in the past connected predominantly Muslim neighborhoods in the city’s west with Christian areas in the east. The violence broke out after a convoy of dozens of vehicles carrying Aoun supporters drove into the town, which has been historically a Phalange stronghold. Police and troops deployed in the areas of clashes and got the situation under control hours after the violence broke out. Reporting by Bassem MroueImage: Supporters of Lebanese President Michel Aoun chant slogans, as Lebanese republican guards stand guard during a protest near the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Nov. 26 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Source: Egypt Independent November 27, 2019 13:30 UTC