Hundreds of Lebanese poured into the streets to protest the tumbling of the national currency to a new low against the dollar on Thursday, blocking roads and highways in several places across the small country that had started slowly opening up after months of coronavirus restrictions.
In Beirut, protesters also burned tires and pieces of wood, chanted slogans and waved the Lebanese flag to protest the unprecedented economic crisis. Some wore face masks.
Prime Minister Hassan Diab canceled his meetings for Friday and called for an emergency session to discuss the financial crisis, while the central bank governor urged foreign exchange bureaus to stick to the rate he had ordered.