Banks in Lebanon will remain closed on Monday awaiting a return to stability in light of continuing protests across the country, the banking association said in a statement. Banks have shut their doors for eight working days as protests demanding a better living conditions without any additional taxes swept the country.
In an issued communiqué by the Lebanese Army Command’s Orientation Directorate this evening, it indicated that “due to a clash that broke out this afternoon in the Beddawi area in Tripoli, between a group of protesters on the road and a number of citizens who tried to cross the road ...