Sunday 20 October 2019

#Lebanon's Hariri agrees to reforms amid nationwide protests over economic crisis - Reuters

Lebanon's Hariri agrees to reforms amid nationwide protests over economic crisis - Reuters:

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri agreed on Sunday a package of reforms with government partners to ease an economic crisis that has sparked protests aimed at ousting a ruling elite seen as riddled with corruption and cronyism.

Officials told Reuters the agreement was reached as hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets for a fourth day in the biggest show of dissent against the establishment in decades.

A sea of people, some waving Lebanese flags, called for revolution in protests that resembled the 2011 Arab revolts that toppled four presidents.

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