BEIRUT
Lebanon's army on Friday announced that at least 14 soldiers were injured by stone-throwing protesters in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.
According to a statement by the Army Command-Orientation Directorate, quoted by the Lebanese official news agency: "A number of young men Thursday cut the public road in the Beddaoui area with cement stones, and immediately units were deployed in the area which intervened to open the road."
It added: "Eight people were arrested for committing riots and causing injuries to the military while blocking roads."
On Friday, Beirut witnessed a demonstration in front of the capital’s municipality building against "widespread