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Bisri Dam Article - Timour Azhari
Timour Azhari

German MPs ask government to reject Bisri Dam project

The MPs said the project was an example of the “failed policy” that Lebanese citizens have taken to the streets to oppose.
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(Illustration of rubber bullets article by Christina Atik)
Antonia Williams

Doctor offers protesters free eye surgeries after security forces “shoot-to-harm”

Riot police in Lebanon were shooting rubber bullets and tear gas canisters directly into crowds at chest-level.
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Lebanese security forces disperse anti-government protesters in Beirut on January 18, 2020. Hussam Chbaro/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Violence
Antonia Williams

Violence continues in Beirut as security forces clash with protesters

Clashes between protesters and security forces left more than 300 people wounded over the weekend, the heaviest toll since the start of the anti-government protests three months ago. Violence erupted in the streets of Beirut during a “week of anger,” with protesters growing frustrated over the political leadership’s failure to...
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Internet in Lebanon
Beirut Today

Lebanon’s internet threatened to disconnect

As the economic crisis worsens, Lebanon stands to lose essential services like internet and electricity. The dollar liquidity crisis has...
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Riot police stand behind riot shields in a cloud of tear gas during protests against the economic crisis outside a Bank of Beirut office in Beirut. January 14, 2020. (PHOTO: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir) / Week of Anger / Protesters and security forces clash
Antonia Williams

Week of Anger: Protesters clash with security forces on day 90 of demonstrations

Reports suggest that 50 protesters were detained.
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Protesters demonstrate in front of the Electricite Du Liban building in Mar Mikhael on January 9, 2019. (PHOTO: Twitter / @akhbaralsaha) EDL
Timour Azhari

Protesters ask “Where did the electricity go?”

Protesters over the past 24 hours have targeted branches of state-run Electricité du Liban and power infrastructures in northern Lebanon amid widespread blackouts across the country exceeding 16 hours a day due to rationing.  A source at EDL told Beirut Today that the increased outages were primarily due to a...
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Activist Nidal Ayoub in front of the Cybercrimes Bureau on January 7, 2020. (PHOTO: Twitter / @SK_Eyes)
Timour Azhari

Protest activist interrogated by Cybercrimes Bureau

Nidal Ayoub was interrogated by the Cybercrimes Bureau Tuesday on charges including insulting the president and “undermining the prestige of the state.”
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Protesters gather outside the port of Tripoli on Thursday, January 2. (NNA) Ports article
Timour Azhari

Day 78: Ports, public utilities and banks

Protesters in Lebanon rung in the new year by pressuring different public institutions they see as corrupt and inefficient.
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Protesters gather near Central Bank on December 30, 2019. (Farah Baba) Banks
Karim Safieddine

Collapse on Who: Unjust bank procedures face resistance

Protesters are fighting back against the collusion of Central Bank and the Lebanese authorities with bankers at the expense of the majority of the population.
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October 18, 2019 | The keffiyeh made appearances on Lebanese streets from the very first days of the protests. (PHOTO: Lujain Jo)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Keffiyeh makes statements in Lebanese protests

On the symbol of resistance and globalization attempts
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Beirut Today

Beirut Talks: Independent Judicial System || With Nayla Geagea

For the fourth episode of Beirut Talks, lawyer, human rights researcher, activist, and co-founder of Beirut Madinati Nayla Geagea breaks...
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Protesters in Beirut run from Internal Security Forces on Sunday, December 15. (Lujain Jo)
Antonia Williams

Aoun postpones consultations to name new PM in wake of violence

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday postponed the parliamentary consultations to select a new prime minister following a weekend marred with violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Beirut. Sunday’s protests came hours before Aoun was due to meet with representatives of parliamentary blocs to select a new...
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