Public drivers, tanker trucks and buses blocked major highways Thursday to protest the country’s deteriorating economic and financial conditions
The general strike by public transport and labor unions started at 5 a.m., making it difficult for people to move around.
Protesters closed with their vehicles the country’s major highways as well as roads inside cities and towns.
They blocked roads in central Beirut, Verdun, Hamra, Dora, Karantina, Mkalles, Nahr el-Kalb, Sarba, Sidon, Naameh, Aley, Dahr el-Baydar, the North and other regions.