Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri held a meeting Friday with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace to discuss the crisis in the country.

In the meantime, night sit-ins continue in a number of squares in the Lebanese capital Beirut and a number of other cities, on the tenth day of protests calling for the overthrow of the government and political and economic reform and the fight against corruption; while Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah renewed his warning against slipping into chaos and civil war .

In the northern city of Tripoli, the demonstrators demanded the departure of the government, fighting corruption and improving living conditions, calling for holding some symbols of the ruling class who accuse them of corrupting political life and illicit enrichment, as well as rejecting some of the solutions proposed by some politicians and officials to end these demonstrations. Insufficient and do not meet their demands.

The main square of the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon has become a major center of demonstrations where thousands of people gather daily to demand the departure of the country's political elite.The protesters believe that the light square in the center of the city attracted the attention of the Lebanese because it inspired many citizens to take to the streets in different parts of Lebanon.

The city of Sidon in southern Lebanon also witnessed a night sit-in by protesters to demand the stability of what they said the demands of the Lebanese people, namely to step down the current political class and improve economic conditions.

On Friday, thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, Nabatiyeh, Tire, Jal el Dib and other places to demand the resignation of the political class and fight corruption.Al Jazeera correspondent reported clashes between protesters and a pro-Hezbollah group in the Riad al-Solh square in the center of the capital.

The correspondent pointed out that the dispute broke out between the two sides against the backdrop of launching slogans against the corruption of the ruling political class, and riot forces intervened to disengage and separate the two sides. Protesters blocked a number of roads on Friday morning, particularly those linking Beirut to other provinces.

The Lebanese army said that some abusive and illegal practices were repeated by some protesters on the roads towards citizens and military during their movements, and warned the army - in a statement - not to resort to these means.

On the other hand, car convoys set off in Hezbollah strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut and Baalbek to the south and Tire south, raising the party's flags, to express their support for what Nasrallah said in his second speech since the outbreak of protests on October 17.

Supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese president also demonstrated in the town of Batroun (south of Tripoli) to express their support for the president.

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Nasrallah and the movement
Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has rejected calls for the fall of the Covenant, the resignation of the government and early parliamentary elections. He said any solution to the crisis should be based on a political vacuum and warned that it would lead to security chaos and collapse. He entered what he described as a circle of political targeting.

Nasrallah called on his party's supporters to stay away from protests across Lebanon aimed at toppling the country's ruling elite, and expressed his fear of pushing the country into civil war.

In the southern city of Tire, Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Rammal said the situation was calm as protests against the political class continued, adding that there were fears among the demonstrators of the repercussions of Nasrallah's speech and questioning the spontaneity and objectives of the protest movement, especially the possibility of resorting to besieging the protests in the Tire area. It is one of the areas of influence of Hezbollah and the Amal movement led by Speaker Nabih Berri.

In the northern city of Tripoli, Al-Jazeera correspondent Ehab al-Okadi said that the response to Nasrallah's speech was a rejection, as more demonstrators flocked to the center of the country's second largest city, stressing the need for the departure of all the ruling political class because it is responsible for the deterioration of the social, economic and political conditions of the country. .

It is noteworthy that the spark of the Lebanese protests erupted after the intention of the government of Saad Hariri to approve a budget for next year, including a tax on Internet communications, especially WhatsApp, as well as increases in other taxes, to come out protests rejecting this tax and the deterioration of the living situation. The regime with the departure of all the ruling class.