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#khazen At least one protester died after violent clashes with police in Beirut over the weekend, as thousands filled the streets around downtown Martyrs’ Square on August 22 and 23 in anti-government protests focusing around the issue of waste management. This dramatic drone footage shows the scale of the protests on Sunday, August 23. Credit: YouTube/Tarek Chehab

A woman walks near shattered glass as the word "revolution" is seen on a broken advertising billboard in downtown Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. Lebanese protesters said they had postponed a demonstration set for Monday evening, after rallies a day earlier triggered clashes with security forces in Beirut. Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

A woman covers her nose as she passes by waste management workers as they collect a pile of garbage near the government building a day after a violent protests against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Organizers of the “You stink” protests that have captivated the Lebanese capital postponed demonstrations set for Monday evening after a night of violent clashes with police during which dozens of protesters and police officers were wounded. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

A protester holds up a Lebanese flag as he passes by an Arabic writing on a wall in Arabic that reads, "Solidere = trash,", a day after a violent protests against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Organizers of the “You stink” protests that have captivated the Lebanese capital postponed demonstrations set for Monday evening after a night of violent clashes with police during which dozens of protesters and police officers were wounded. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #khazen

#khazen Protesters carry banners and a Lebanese national flag as they sit along a wall of concrete barriers erected by security forces on Monday to increase security, a day after protests against the government turned into violent clashes with police, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. Lebanese protesters postponed an anti-government demonstration set for Monday, after two days of rallies over uncollected garbage ignited fierce clashes and threatened the survival of the government, plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The banner (L) reads, "I swear to God, I thought I was at the borders with Israel". REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BBC news

Organisers of protests over the failure of Lebanon’s government to clear rubbish from the streets of Beirut have postponed a rally planned for Monday. But the "You Stink" campaign said the decision did not mean it was finished.

The move comes after two days of demonstrations in the capital descended into clashes in which dozens of protesters and police were hurt. Prime Minister Tammam Salam has appealed for calm and threatened to resign over the crisis.In a televised address on Sunday, he warned that Lebanon was heading towards collapse, with the country’s "political garbage" crippling his unity cabinet.

BBEIRUT, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister threatened to resign on Sunday, 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.

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

Police firing tear gas and water cannons battled thousands of Lebanese protesters Saturday demonstrating against government corruption and political dysfunction amid a trash crisis, with the sound of gunfire echoing through the streets into the night.

Footage on local television showed at least one wounded protester among downtown Beirut’s Ottoman-era buildings and lavish apartment complexes. An Associated Press journalist saw riot police used batons to beat back protesters while others were carried away, overcome by tear gas. Private television station LBC reported police attacked one of its crew.

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

Police firing tear gas and water cannons battled thousands of Lebanese protesters Saturday demonstrating against government corruption and political dysfunction amid a trash crisis, with the sound of gunfire echoing through the streets into the night.

Footage on local television showed at least one wounded protester among downtown Beirut’s Ottoman-era buildings and lavish apartment complexes. An Associated Press journalist saw riot police used batons to beat back protesters while others were carried away, overcome by tear gas. Private television station LBC reported police attacked one of its crew.

UN.org

21 August 2015 – Determining that the situation in Lebanon continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security, the Security Council today decided to extend the present mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year, until 31 August 2016.

In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body “strongly” called upon all parties to respect the cessation of hostilities, to prevent any violation of the Blue Line and to respect it “in its entirety.”

By Joseph A. KechichianSenior Writer

Beirut: Lebanese media outlets have revealed that General Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), has settled on his son-in-law Foreign Minister Jibran Bassil to succeed him.

According to the LBCI television network, Aoun apparently told his apparatchiks that he would also select the two party vice-presidents, one of whom was expected to be his nephew, Alain Aoun. Bassil is married to Chantale Aoun with whom he has three children.

Aoun told senior members gathered in his Rabieh home that “the agreement over the elections [scheduled for September 20, 2015] was based on the will of the majority,” and that he blessed it, even if the exercise prevented the party’s estimated 14,000 members from actually voting for any candidates.

Roula Khalaf

I must have passed the yellow house on Sodeco square a thousand times, giving no more than a fleeting thought to its ravaged façade. I figured it was another desolate building bearing the scars of the 1975-1990 civil war that no one had bothered to fix up.

While much of Beirut was beautified with renovations over the past two decades and some old buildings were torn down to make way for modern constructions, others had remained stuck in time

AFP – i24news

Police charge at demonstrators with batons after they gather outside seat of government

Police in Beirut used force on Wednesday in order to disperse demonstrators who were angry at the Lebanese city’s failure to collect huge amounts of trash.

Tensions boiled over as protesters gathered outside the seat of government in Beirut and police, armed with batons, charged at them after scuffles broke out earlier in the day.

 albawaba.com

Negotiations between General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim and Daesh (ISIS) have resumed to reach a deal on the release of the captive servicemen, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported Thursday.

The daily said the talks resumed around two weeks ago through a mediator after more than six months of freeze in the negotiations aimed at agreeing on a prisoner swap.

Ibrahim is waiting for the mediator’s return from abroad to hear an answer on his demands from Daesh, al-Joumhouria added.

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