{"id":651199,"date":"2021-08-16T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=651199"},"modified":"2021-08-16T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:22:58","slug":"protesters-clash-with-police-in-beirut-after-deadly-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-clash-with-police-in-beirut-after-deadly-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters clash with police in Beirut after deadly explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotesters-clash-with-police-in-beirut-after-deadly-explosion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=651199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2492456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2492456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-government demonstrators protest outside the residence of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Protesters gathered on the streets of Beirut a day after the killing of at least 20 people due to a warehouse explosion where fuel was illegally being stored. (AP Photo\/ Hassan Ammar)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:15 AM PT \u2013 Monday, August 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Police clashed with protesters trying to storm the house of Lebanon Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati. Demonstrators reportedly took to the streets in Beirut on Sunday, just one day after a warehouse explosion killed 28 people and injured at least 79.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred as a result of fuel being illegally stored in the facility as the country faces a severe fuel shortage. Protesters believe that widespread government corruption has resulted in electricity cuts, in turn, forcing many homes, businesses and hospitals to rely on generators that are now being turned off due to the current fuel shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe identify the fact that everything that is happening to the Lebanese people today is because of this corrupt (government),\u201d said protester Carmen Khoury. \u201cWe went them out; we do not want anything from them anymore. We want Mikati to resign and get out of this completely. We want the president of this republic to resign also.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> wakes up to horrific news. At least 20 ppl killed &amp; 79 injured, says Red Cross, in a fuel tanker explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon. The country is struggling to keep hospitals open as fuel supplies dwindle &amp; electricity cuts become the norm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioZFuJCPYo\">pic.twitter.com\/ioZFuJCPYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arwa Ibrahim (@arwaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arwaib\/status\/1426761379332206598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s former prime minister called on Lebanese officials, including President Michel Aoun, to take responsibility for the explosion and resign.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/state-dept-announces-all-kabul-embassy-staff-has-been-evacuated-to-airport-under-u-s-military-protection\/\">State Dept. Announces All Kabul Embassy Staff Has Been Evacuated To Airport, Under U.S. Military Protection<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-government demonstrators protest outside the residence of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. 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