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'17 October revolution'), [15] were a series of civil protests in Lebanon that began after the Lebanese cabinet announced financial measures on 17 October 2019. [16] These national protests were triggered by planned taxes on gasoline, tobacco, and VoIP calls on applications such as WhatsApp, [17] [18] [19] but quickly expanding into a country ...
October 13 - 2019 Lebanon forest fires: About 100 forest fires flared up across Lebanon overnight, and lasted until October 15. One person was killed from the fire. [3] October 17 - 2019–20 Lebanese protests; October 29 - Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns in response to protests against the government. [4]
Abdul-Mahdi's government resigns in November 2019 following protests against Iran's growing influence in Iraqi politics. Mustafa Al-Kadhimi appointed as new prime minister. Early elections held in October 2021. Lebanon: Prime Ministers Saad Hariri and Hassan Diab resign. Najib Mikati appointed as prime minister on 10 September 2021.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- After more than three months of political wrangling amid the backdrop of massive street protests, Lebanon finally has a new government. But the cabinet assembled by Prime ...
English: Protestors in Tyre/Sour, Southern Lebanon, cheering to a female singer during nonsectarian demonstrations against government corruption and austerity measures that started across the country on October 17th, 2019. Elissa Square as the venue features the highest flagpole of Lebanon (32.6 meters) with a national flag of 11 X 19 meters ...
Lebanon is facing a deep-running fiscal crisis as it staggers under one of the highest debt ratios in the world, at $86 billion or more than 150% of the country's gross domestic product.
Universities across the U.S. imposed new protest restrictions following a year of protest after October 7. However, some student groups are pushing back with lawsuits and calls of free speech ...
The October 2019 uprising in Lebanon reignited debate over the country’s political-sectarian system, institutionalized during the French Mandate period, such as through the 1943 National Pact. [6] The protests, marked by calls to dismantle this system, reflected decades of growing intersectional activism, [6] in which feminist groups played a ...