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Students in Tyre Join Pupils Demos for First Time
[AnNahar] Hundreds of students in the southern city of Tyre joined for the first time on Saturday the masses of fellow students in different parts of Leb boosting the country’s anti-government protest movement.Tyre students chanted "revolution, revolution," expressing anger of an increasing rate in "unemployment," and demanding "new curricula and social rights." Since Wednesday, university and high school students across the country have massively deserted their classrooms to join nationwide streets protests. Earlier in October, pro-AMAL button men suppressed by force the protesters chanting slogans opposed to AMAL Movement leader and Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri  Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... sock puppet... . Armed festivities were reported as videos of the festivities went viral on social media. Thousands of high school students across Leb skipped classes Saturday for a fourth day in a row to carry on the flame of the country's anti-graft movement. Leb has since October 17 been gripped by massive cross-sectarian protests demanding a complete revamping of a political system they say is corrupt and inept. With youth unemployment running at over 30 percent, school students have joined en masse since Wednesday demanding a better country so they don't have to emigrate. Related: Tyre: 2019-10-28 Lebanese protesters successfully form human chain across country Tyre: 2019-10-20 Tensions increase in Lebanese city as protesters clash with Harakat Amal supporters Tyre: 2019-08-27 IDF #UAV over Tyre, Southern #Lebanon Related: Lebanon: 2019-11-07 Two policemen killed, four injured in airstrikes by Haftar's forces on Tripoli Lebanon: 2019-11-06 Journalists quit Lebanon paper over anti-protest stance Lebanon: 2019-11-04 Bassil joins pro-Aoun protest supporting ‘reform plan’ Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-10 |
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