Hundreds of Lebanese demonstrators returned to the street today, Saturday, to protest the performance of the authorities, unable to put an end to the rapid economic collapse, and security forces used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators in a street leading to the parliament.

The demonstrators raised varying slogans and demands, ranging from the need for the authorities to take swift measures to stop the economic collapse, topple the government, and hold early parliamentary elections, and to demand the implementation of international resolution 1559, which stipulates illegal disarmament in Lebanon.

And the security forces implemented a spread to separate demonstrators opposed to Hezbollah and others who supported him, who exchanged stones at the center of the capital. The region had witnessed a demonstration by activists of the popular movement and party groups, which raised demands ranging from the overthrow of the government, the holding of early parliamentary elections, and the demand for the removal of "illegal weapons".

The move in downtown Beirut is the first after the authorities eased earlier this week the general closure restrictions imposed since the middle of last March to combat the Covid-19 epidemic, and led to a decline in the number of anti-authority movements.

Concurrently, a march of children roamed the streets of the city, launched from Abdel Hamid Karami Square in Tripoli (north). Dozens of young men protested in the square, coinciding with the launch of groups of protesters towards Beirut to participate in the "martyrs square" movement.

It is noteworthy that the protest demonstrations were launched in Lebanon on October 17 in the center of Beirut, after a government decision to impose a tax on the application of "WhatsApp", and the demonstrations quickly spread to all Lebanese regions.

The Hariri government was forced to resign on the 29th of the same month, and the protesters demanded to address the economic situation, recover the looted funds, and hold the corrupt accountable, and an independent judiciary.