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After almost two weeks of protests in Lebanon, Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced his resignation. This Tuesday, protesters and neighbors had faced each other again in Beirut, causing the intervention of the Army.
"I am going to the Baabda Palace to present the resignation of the Government in response to the many Lebanese who took to the streets," Hariri said in a televised speech to the nation.
Baptized as "the WhatsApp revolution" by imposing a fee on the messages of this application, tens of thousands of people demanded the resignation of the Hariri Executive in full, which they accuse of leading the country to bankruptcy.
Throughout the morning, protesters had gathered in front of the home of the Minister of Telecommunications, Mohmud Choucair and the Ministry of Finance to protest against corruption. Several television networks reported that several journalists had been assaulted in the incidents.
The demonstrations had continued the protests despite the Government's announcement of a package of reforms to stop the power cuts, in a country that 29 years after the end of the war (1975-1990) fails to supply water and light fluidly to the citizens.
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