- Title: Lebanese security forces and demonstrators clash near U.S. embassy
- Date: 10th December 2017
- Summary: AWKAR NEAR BEIRUT, LEBANON (DECEMBER 10, 2017) (REUTERS) DEMONSTRATORS IN ROAD LEADING TO THE US EMBASSY, PALESTINIAN FLAGS BEING WAVED SECURITY FORCES USING WATER CANNON AGAINST DEMONSTRATORS DEMONSTRATORS IN FRONT OF SECURITY GATE AND RAZOR WIRE SECURITY FORCES IN RIOT GEAR BEHIND RAZOR WIRE BARRICADE TEAR GAS GRENADES FALLING INTO CROWD AS WATER CANNON FIRES AT DEMONSTRATORS PEOPLE LEAVING THE SCENE PROTECTING THEIR FACES AGAINST TEAR GAS OBJECT ON FIRE IN FRONT OF SECURITY GATE DEMONSTRATORS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH SECURITY GATE OPEN/ WATER CANNON TEAR GAS ENVELOPING DEMONSTRATORS ATTEMPTING TO FORCE GATE OPEN/ BLACK SMOKE DEMONSTRATORS WALKING AWAY FROM SCENE INJURED WOMAN LYING ON GROUND DEMONSTRATORS CONFRONTING SECURITY FORCES IN FRONT OF GATE SECURITY FORCES CLASHING WITH DEMONSTRATORS
- Embargoed: 24th December 2017 09:08
- Keywords: President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel US embassy beirut Palestinian demonstration
- Location: AWKAR NEAR BEIRUT, LEBANON
- City: AWKAR NEAR BEIRUT, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0017BBYGQV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters near the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Sunday (December 10) during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, TV footage showed.
Protesters, some of them waving Palestinian flags, set fires in the street and threw projectiles towards the security forces who had barricaded the main road leading to the embassy in the Awkar area north of Beirut. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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