Many roads are currently closed following protests. The protesters denounce the rise of the dollar against the Lebanese pound. The parity between the Lebanese pound and the dollar reached at one point in the afternoon close to 18,000 LL / USD on the black market before falling back to around 17,500 LL / USD.
In Beirut itself, traffic is interrupted at the junction of the Al Amine mosque, Place des Martyrs. Tires were set on fire there.
Among the access roads to the capital where traffic was interrupted, the road leading to Beirut at Dora or the 2 lanes of the Jiyeh highway.
A rally also takes place in Zouk to interrupt the traffic on the highway. However, units of the Lebanese Army were deployed there to prevent them.
In northern Lebanon, a rally takes place at the Palma de Tripoli bridge blocking the two lanes of the Tripoli-Beirut highway
In southern Lebanon, traffic is interrupted at Nabatiyeh and Nejmeh square in Saïda.
Traffic inside the Palestinian camp of En Helweh is also interrupted, this time following the arrest of a refugee after an argument with Fatah members near a still open gas station. . The latter is said to have fired in the direction of the Palestinian security forces that came to contain the incident.
