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Protesters closed all major roads leading to the Lebanese capital on Monday, causing traffic jams and triggering a warning by the head of the hospitals union, who said such moves are preventing oxygen supplies from reaching medical centres treating coronavirus patients.
The protests come against the backdrop of a crash in the local currency, an increase in the prices of consumer goods and political bickering between rival groups that has delayed the formation of a new government.
From early morning, small groups of demonstrators blocked the southern, northern and eastern entrances to Beirut with burning tyres and by parking vehicles on the main roads.
BEIRUT (AP) Lebanon’s army chief warned Monday that soldiers are hurting from the severe economic crisis engulfing the country, voicing rare criticism from the military of a ruling class that.
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Protesters have blocked all major roads leading to the Lebanese capital, preventing oxygen supplies from reaching medical centres treating Covid-19 patients.