Lebanese troops move to open several major roads in Beirut and other cities, scuffling in some places with protesters who have been blocking the streets for the past week
A demonstrator argues with Lebanese army soldiers during ongoing anti-government protests at a highway in Jal el Dib, Lebanon on October 23, 2019.
Scores of young men and women in Sidon, 45 kilometres south of Beirut, blocked the highway at an entrance of the city by sitting on the ground from the early hours of Wednesday. The demonstrations have been largely peaceful since Friday night when security forces clashed with some protesters in central Beirut.
Lebanon's al Jadeed TV, live from the Nahr al Kalb region, some 35 km from Beirut, said army troops tried to force the road open. "Shame on you," protesters shouted at them as they tried to pick up people off the ground.
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