What's behind Lebanon's huge protests?

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Protesters wave flags during a protest in front of the government palace in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Source: EPA

Middle East correspondent Michele Giorgio reports.

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Published 22 October 2019 7:55am

Updated 22 October 2019 11:36am

By Dario Castaldo

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Middle East correspondent Michele Giorgio reports.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has announced a package of reforms to ease an economic crisis that has sparked massive anti-government protests. The agreement was reached as hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets in the biggest show of dissent against the Lebanese government in decades.

Hundreds have gathered in Martin Place Sydney to show their support for anti-government protesters in Lebanon. — La protesta della comunità libanese a Martin Place, a Sydney. Source: Nasir Jebeile

A sea of people, some waving Lebanese flags, crammed roads for the fourth day, calling for revolution in protests that resembled the 2011 Arab revolts that toppled four presidents.