The Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar, described as close to Hezbollah, has seen a series of resignations from work on professional grounds related to coverage of the popular protests that began on October 17, 2019.

The newspaper's Vivian Akiki resigned on Tuesday, revealing that she comes for professional reasons related to the coverage of popular protests.

"There are also accumulated reasons for the newspaper's professional performance, which have never been addressed," Akiki wrote in a tweet on Twitter.

"I thank the news for the opportunity it gave me four years ago, but today I no longer find myself there."

Journalist Sabah Ayoub resigned from the newspaper.

For his part, announced the journalist Mohammed al-Janoon - in a tweet via Twitter - "to stop subscribing to Al-Akhbar newspaper, which found that it did not give the right required for the popular movement."

He thanked the newspaper for the opportunity it gave five years ago, saying: "The free pen is not falsified by policies or affiliations."

On Monday, resigned journalist Joey Slim said in an interview with Anatolia that "Al-Akhbar newspaper has shifted from pro-Hirak to a newspaper that adopts the political view that there are foreign conspiracies and funding from embassies for this movement."

Last week, journalist Mohamed Zbib, who headed the economy, resigned from the newspaper.

"The capital appendix was issued by Doni and without Ghassan Dibba and others who were the pioneers of this experience. To prevent confusion, I resigned in protest against the newspaper's administration's attitude towards the intifada," Zbib wrote on Facebook.

Sources from within the newspaper revealed to Anatolia that the differences in their corridors are highly political, especially since there are different views in the transfer and coverage of the popular movement.

Al-Akhbar is one of the most read newspapers in Lebanon, and when the popular movement began more than two weeks ago, the newspaper took a pro-action stance and titled "The People Can," even describing what is happening as "a popular uprising in Lebanon from end to end, triggered by social and economic conditions." Bad. "

A few days later, the newspaper changed its position, warning against "kidnapping" the movement or exploiting it from political forces supported by regional countries.

The day after Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's speech on October 25, in which he warned of "chaos and collapse" in the event of the resignation of the government headed by Saad Hariri (which later resigned), and questioned the "spontaneity" of the popular movement, the newspaper came out titled "Lebanon is divided." ".

She then began to insist that the street was "kidnapped" by Hezbollah's political opponents, criticizing bandits and paralyzing the country.

"It's time for truth: who is playing in the country?" She wrote. People protesting against all their miserable reality. "

Protests continue in Lebanon, which began on October 17 last, condemning the increase in taxes in the budget of 2020, before rising the ceiling of its demands to call for the departure of the entire ruling class.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri submitted his resignation to President Michel Aoun after mass protests that lasted for nearly two weeks across the country.

Despite Hariri's resignation, the demonstrators are still on the streets, sticking to their list of demands for a mini-technocrat government, holding all corrupt in power accountable, and lifting bank secrecy from politicians.