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Lebanon PM Saad Hariri resigns amid unprecedented protests
Lebanon’s under-fire prime minister Saad Hariri has resigned following nearly two weeks of unprecedented protests demanding political change.
Hariri told a press conference he had “reached a dead end” and that the country needed a shock to break the crisis. He said he would tender his resignation and that of the government to President Michel Aoun.
A protest movement has gripped Lebanon for almost two weeks, calling for an overhaul of a political class viewed as incompetent and corrupt. Banks and schools have remained closed and the normally congested main arteries in Beirut blocked by protesters.
Hariri’s press conference took place after dozens of counter-demonstrators loyal to Shia groups Hezbollah and Amal attacked the main protest site in the capital Beirut.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/29/lebanons-pm-saad-hariri-resigns-amid-angry-protests
Hariri told a press conference he had “reached a dead end” and that the country needed a shock to break the crisis. He said he would tender his resignation and that of the government to President Michel Aoun.
A protest movement has gripped Lebanon for almost two weeks, calling for an overhaul of a political class viewed as incompetent and corrupt. Banks and schools have remained closed and the normally congested main arteries in Beirut blocked by protesters.
Hariri’s press conference took place after dozens of counter-demonstrators loyal to Shia groups Hezbollah and Amal attacked the main protest site in the capital Beirut.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/29/lebanons-pm-saad-hariri-resigns-amid-angry-protests
