Protest against Trump’s Jerusalem move
WEB DESK
There have been violent clashes near the US embassy in Lebanon, in the latest protest against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to force back flag-waving protesters close to the embassy complex north of the capital, Beirut.
The protesters threw stones and set fires in the street close to the embassy in the Awkar district. The security forces had barricaded the main road leading to the large complex. Local media reported that some protesters had tried to break through the entrance to the compound, climbing barbed wire.
The demonstrators, many wearing black and white scarves, chanted slogans denouncing Mr Trump.
Lebanon Communist Party leader, Hanna Gharib, told the protesters the US was the enemy of Palestine.