Protesters in Lebanon Demand Economic Relief as Coronavirus Lockdown Eases

BEIRUT—As Lebanon begins to reopen following a pandemic lockdown, protesters have burst onto the streets to need relief from the country’s deteriorating financial system in 1 of the to start with symptoms of a violent backlash next months below quarantine.

1 demonstrator died Tuesday following troopers in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-biggest metropolis, applied tear fuel, batons and dwell bullets to repel protesters, such as some who lobbed Molotov cocktails. As the protester was laid to rest, offended demonstrators in the metropolis established hearth to at the very least two closed…