BEIRUT, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese army announced on Wednesday that 81 soldiers were injured during clashes with protesters on Tuesday night in different areas of the country, the National News Agency reported.
Protests turned violent between people and the Lebanese army all over the country as protesters resorted to setting banks on fire and throwing stones at soldiers.
Lebanon's nationwide protests have resumed again after pausing in the past two months due to COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
People protest on a daily basis against the unofficial capital control imposed by banks preventing them from withdrawing their money in addition to unemployment and poverty which have reached unprecedented levels in Lebanon. Enditem