• Lebanese soldiers guard the site where anti-government protesters gather to support Ghassan Oueidat, the country’s top prosecutor, in his public spat with Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the region of Mount Lebanon, on the road leading to the Palace of Justice in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Lebanese soldiers guard the site where anti-government protesters gather to support Ghassan Oueidat, the country’s top prosecutor, in his public spat with Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the region of Mount Lebanon, on the road leading to the Palace of Justice in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Lebanese policemen guard the site where anti-government protesters clash with security forces during a protest against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the region of Mount Lebanon, on the road leading to the Palace of Justice in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Lebanese policemen guard the site where anti-government protesters clash with security forces during a protest against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the region of Mount Lebanon, on the road leading to the Palace of Justice in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Security forces try to restrain activists protesting against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Security forces try to restrain activists protesting against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Lebanese security forces and soldiers are caught in a crossfire as supporters of Ghassan Oueidat and Judge Ghada Aounthey clash near the Palace of Justice, in Beirut. EPA
    Lebanese security forces and soldiers are caught in a crossfire as supporters of Ghassan Oueidat and Judge Ghada Aounthey clash near the Palace of Justice, in Beirut. EPA
  • A protester clashes with a security forces member during a demonstration against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    A protester clashes with a security forces member during a demonstration against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor for the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Supporters of Lebanon's top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat clash with security forces during their protest against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor of the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Supporters of Lebanon's top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat clash with security forces during their protest against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor of the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Opponents of Judge Ghada Aoun scuffle with Lebanese soldiers during a sit-in outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
    Opponents of Judge Ghada Aoun scuffle with Lebanese soldiers during a sit-in outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
  • A protester clashes with a member of security forces during a demonstration against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor of the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    A protester clashes with a member of security forces during a demonstration against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor of the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Supporters of Lebanon's top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat clash with security forces during a protest against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor of the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Supporters of Lebanon's top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat clash with security forces during a protest against Judge Ghada Aoun, the chief prosecutor of the Mount Lebanon region, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • A Lebanese protester grabs the weapon from a soldier after being attacked with it, during a sit-in outside the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
    A Lebanese protester grabs the weapon from a soldier after being attacked with it, during a sit-in outside the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
  • Lebanese soldiers try to control the violence between the supporters of Judge Ghada Aoun and Ghassan Oueidat, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Lebanese soldiers try to control the violence between the supporters of Judge Ghada Aoun and Ghassan Oueidat, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

Lebanon

Protest escalates into street brawl in Lebanon - in pictures

Lebanese troops separated supporters and opponents of Aoun amid minor scuffles

The National

April 20, 2021

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