Lebanon will start the week on a new wave of momentum, following a weekend of rejuvenated protests across the country, and calls for road closures and a general strike Monday. Protesters gathered in their tens of thousands for the third consecutive Sunday since mass anti-government demonstrations began on Oct. 17, filling the streets and central squares of cities including Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre.
Protests have been held across Lebanon for 18 days, calling for the fall of the government, early elections and an end to the corrupt, sectarian system that has governed the country for decades.
Over the past two weeks, protesters have been engaged in a back and forth with the Army, intermittently opening and closing the intersection. Five protesters were injured Friday in scuffles with the Army in the area.
A number of other roads were blocked by protesters Sunday evening, including in Akkar, the Bekaa Valley and at the Chevrolet intersection near Furn al-Shubbak and the "Ring Bridge".
Earlier, buses took protesters from Beirut and the Bekaa Valley to join the demonstration in Tripoli.
Sunday, however, the traffic went in the other direction, bringing Tripolitans to the Beirut protests.
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