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From the Liveblog of Thursday, November 14, 2019

Major roads reopened in Lebanon after 2-day closure

14 November 2019, 4:20 pm

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Lebanese troops reopened major roads around Lebanon Thursday after a two-day closure triggered by a TV interview with President Michel Aoun in which he called on protesters to go home.

The roads linking Beirut with the country’s south and north were opened shortly before noon Thursday, as well as others around the country.

Aoun’s comments had led to anger and renewed blockage of roads by demonstrators.

A fire fighter extinguishes burning pipes and tires set ablaze by anti-government protesters blocking the highway at the southern entrance of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on November 14, 2019 (Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)

Protesters have been holding demonstrations since October 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades.

— with AP

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