LEBANON-CRISIS/CLASHES Lebanese police uses water cannons in scuffles with protesters

Record ID: 142823

  • Title: LEBANON-CRISIS/CLASHES Lebanese police uses water cannons in scuffles with protesters
  • Date: 23rd August 2015
  • Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (AUGUST 23, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS FACING SECURITY FORCES / WATER CANNONS FIRED VARIOUS OF PROTESTER CHANTING VARIOUS OF WATER CANNONS FIRED AT PROTESTERS PROTESTERS HURLING THINGS TOWARDS SECURITY FORCES AS WATER CANNONS ARE DEPLOYED VARIOUS OF WATER CANNONS IN USE VARIOUS OF SCUFFLES / PROTEST IN PROGRESS TOP VIEW OF PROTESTERS CROWDED IN RIAD AL-SOLH SQUARE PROTESTERS CHANTING AND CLAPPING VARIOUS OF AMBULANCES DRIVING THROUGH CROWDS
  • Embargoed: 7th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Lebanon
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVADJGQBWRQ941O61E3DEWKKYCXT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Lebanese security forces fired water cannons at protesters demonstrating against the government near Prime Minister Tammam Salam's offices in Beirut on Sunday (August 23).
    Protesters threw projectiles at a line of riot police blocking a road to the Grand Saray government buildings in central Beirut.
    On Saturday (August 22), some three dozen people were injured when police used water cannons and tear gas against protesters who have mobilised over the government's failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal.
    Lebanon's prime minister has threatened to resign, warning rival parties in his unity cabinet that the state faced collapse because of paralysis that has come to a head with its failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal.
    Protesters called for a second day of demonstrations against Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet on Sunday after at least 35 people were injured on Saturday night when security forces used water cannons and tear gas to disperse several thousand demonstrators in central Beirut.
    Salam's government has suffered almost complete paralysis since it took office last year as wider crises in the Middle East, including the war in neighbouring Syria, have exacerbated Lebanon's own political and sectarian divisions.
    On Sunday, several hundred protesters gathered near the government headquarters on Sunday chanting anti-government slogans. Activists called for a bigger protest later in the day.
    Their campaign "You Stink" is a response to trash being left uncollected in and around Beirut last month when a refuse tip closed, with no agreement on an alternative. While collection has resumed, no solution has been found.
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