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Protests in Beirut amid public fury over massive blast

by Associated Press
| August 8, 2020 7:27 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in Lebanon's capital on Saturday at the start of a planned protest over this week's massive explosion that devastated large parts of Beirut and killed more than 150 people.

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