Beirut-Sana
Lebanese President General Michel Aoun called for swift action to be taken to maintain security and stability in Lebanon.
The Lebanese Presidency reported in a statement that President Aoun pursued the deteriorating security situation in central Beirut and asked the Minister of National Defense in the caretaker government Elias Bou Saab and the army commander General Joseph Aoun to take quick measures to preserve the security of peaceful demonstrators, prevent riots, secure the safety of public and private property, and impose security in The commercial milieu.
Protest demonstrations in downtown Beirut today quickly turned into confrontations with Lebanese security forces, who were thrown by stone-throwers, empty bottles, wires, iron bars, and trees, causing casualties between the two sides and sabotaging public property.