Lebanese security forces fire tear gas in protest near US embassy

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Lebanese security forces fire tear gas in protest near US embassy
A youth holds Palestinian flag during a protest in the refugee camp of Beddawi on the outskirts of the Lebanese port city of Tripoli.

Beirut - Protesters set fires in the street and threw projectiles towards the security forces

By Reuters

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Published: Sun 10 Dec 2017, 12:08 PM

Last updated: Sun 10 Dec 2017, 2:12 PM

Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water canons at protesters near the US Embassy in Lebanon on Sunday during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's decision to recognise occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, TV footage showed.
Protesters, some of them waving the Palestinian flag, set fires in the street and threw projectiles towards the security forces who had barricaded the main road leading to the US Embassy in the Awkar area north of Beirut in the Awkar area.



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