CNN CNN Newsroom Live August 24, 2015 06:13:00
Began. some protesters tried to breach the barricades and threw rocks at the police. a motorcycle was set alight. police retreated partially. then later, the tear gas began. a thick cloud of it. endless, it seemed. protesters forced to flee as night moved in, the clashes still continued. black smoke over the center of what remains of state power in lebanon. and the bad smell of the rot in the state mixed now with tear gas and thick smoke as lebanese ask what will put the fires out? nick paton walsh, cnn, beirut. a 2,000-year-old temple in palmyra is in ruins after being blown up by isis mili...