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Lebanon: Protests over worsening economic crisis

2019-09-30 09:19:54       source:The Aljazeera

September 30, 2019


Protesters blocked roads across Lebanon's capital city in demonstrations against deteriorating conditions as the country grapples with an economic and financial crisis that has stoked fears of currency devaluation. 


The demonstrators gathered shortly before noon in the central Martyrs Square in Beirut on Sunday. Several hundred then marched along a main road near the government headquarters, where riot police were deployed. 


Many carried the country's flag, chanting "down with capitalism" and "leave!"


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