Nationwide Protests Erupt in Lebanon as Economic Crisis Deepens
- Government plan to tax WhatsApp calls sparks riots in Beirut
- Deepening economic crisis led to unpopular austerity measures
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Thousands of protesters cut off roads and started fires around Lebanon as anger over plans to impose a levy on WhatsApp calls escalated into demands for the government to resign.
Demonstrators carrying Lebanese flags thronged outside government headquarters in downtown Beirut on Friday, as some of the largest protests in years entered a second day.