Lebanese protesters criticise Nasrallah's speech as supporters rally

Record ID: 1438660

  • Title: Lebanese protesters criticise Nasrallah's speech as supporters rally
  • Date: 25th October 2019
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SINGING, SHAKING FISTS AND WAVING LEBANESE FLAG VARIOUS OF DOCTORS PROTESTING, HOLDING BANNERS AND LEBANESE FLAGS, SINGING NATIONAL ANTHEM
  • Embargoed: 8th November 2019 18:39
  • Keywords: revolution Nasrallah chaos rally Hezbollah civil unrest protesters lebanon supporters
  • Location: BEIRUT AND KFARKILA, LEBANON
  • City: BEIRUT AND KFARKILA, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA002B2LJQYV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Several protesters in Beirut disregarded a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warning of a power vacuum that could tip the country into civil war, while supporters of the movement gathered in the south of the country on Friday (October 25).
    Nasrallah, whose Hezbollah group is part of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's coalition government, urged his followers to stay away from the protests after they clashed with demonstrators in Beirut.
    Demonstrators in Beirut dismissed the move from Nasrallah, with one saying the Hezbollah leader was trying to get protesters off the streets by instilling fear.
    Supporters of Hezbollah gathered in the south of the country to stage a rally on wheels, waving flags from their vehicles in large convoys.
    The heavily armed Shi'ite group is widely seen as the most powerful player in Lebanon and is part of an Iranian-led regional alliance that is in conflict with U.S.-allied Gulf Arab states that have political allies in the country.
    Lebanon has been swept by more than a week of nationwide protests against a political elite accused of corruption, mismanagement of the state finances and leading the country toward an economic collapse unseen since the 1975-90 civil war.
    (Production: Karamallah Daher, Issam Abdallah, Imad Creidi, Aiden Nulty)
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