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(17 Dec 2019) LEAD IN: In 2019, Lebanon witnessed the beginning of an unprecedent popular uprising. In two months of protests, hundreds of thousands of people flooded public squares across the country. STORY-LINE: On October 17 Lebanese people took the streets in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon, protesting over the government's plans to impose new taxes amid a harsh economic crisis in the country. The protesters chanted: "revolution". State-run National News Agency said the guard of an official opened fire on protesters as they tried to block the road where the convoy was passing in central Beirut. The incident sparked more protests on October 18. Nationwide protests paralysed Lebanon as demonstrators blocked major roads in a second day of rallies. That night the police clashed with protesters after it tried to disperse them with tear gas and water canons. In the following days, Lebanon witnessed the largest protests since 2005. Leaderless and decentralized, the protests called for the resignation of the government and an end of the current political establishment. The protests unified an often-divided public in their revolt against status-quo leaders who have ruled for three decades and brought the economy to the brink of disaster. Protests spread in various regions including, for the first time, in southern cities, strongholds of Hezbollah, Lebanon's largest Shiite party and powerful militia. Protesters gathered in the southern town of Nabatiyeh on October 21, amid nationwide demonstrations against elite corruption and incompetence. On October 25, scuffles broke out in the epicenter of anti-government protests in central Beirut. Clashes occurred when supporters of Hezbollah entered the area to reject chants against their leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was named by the protest movement as one among the political elite who must leave the country. Pro-Hezbollah supporters throwing sticks and stones clashed with riot police, as the latter attempted to separate the Hezbollah supporters from the other protesters. The next day, Lebanese security forces forcibly removed protesters who used their bodies as roadblocks in central Beirut to prevent the police from opening the roads. The military had warned that blocking roads was in violation of the law. By then, banks, universities and schools had been closed for more than a week. On October 29, Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation. Hariri said he hit a "dead end" amid nationwide anti-government protests. Protesters welcomed the resignation and reiterated their call for the formation of a new government with professionals from outside the political establishment. Lebanon's banks reopened their doors on November 1, after closing for almost two weeks. One of the most heavily indebted countries in the world, Lebanon was already dealing with a severe fiscal crisis before the protests began. The protests have worsened the crisis as the exchange rate reached 1,900 pounds to the US dollar at exchange shops. The official rate has been pegged to the dollar at 1,507 since 1997. Amid a dollar shortage, banks started imposing informal capital controls. As it entered its fourth week, the leaderless and youth-led protests started targeting specific public institutions. Students protested in front of the ministry of education and other public institutions including Electricity Du Liban. Road blocks continued and the army tried to forcibly reopen the roads often resorting to arbitrary detention, according to a report by Amnesty International. The fist had become a symbol of the uprising. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...