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Political party offices in Lebanon set alight after crackdown on protests
Attackers in northern Lebanon set fire to the offices of two main political parties on Sunday, the state-run National News Agency has said.
In the town of Kharibet al-Jindi, an office of the party of the former prime minister Saad Hariri was torched and its windows were broken.
In a separate attack in town of Jedidat al-Juma, assailants stormed an office of the largest party in parliament, affiliated with President Michel Aoun and headed by the foreign minister, Gebran Bassil. The party said the contents of the office had been smashed and burned.
Hours earlier in the capital, Beirut, security forces had carried out the most violent crackdown on protesters since nationwide demonstrations began two months ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/15/offices-of-two-major-parties-set-on-fire-lebanons-state-run-agency-reports
In the town of Kharibet al-Jindi, an office of the party of the former prime minister Saad Hariri was torched and its windows were broken.
In a separate attack in town of Jedidat al-Juma, assailants stormed an office of the largest party in parliament, affiliated with President Michel Aoun and headed by the foreign minister, Gebran Bassil. The party said the contents of the office had been smashed and burned.
Hours earlier in the capital, Beirut, security forces had carried out the most violent crackdown on protesters since nationwide demonstrations began two months ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/15/offices-of-two-major-parties-set-on-fire-lebanons-state-run-agency-reports
