Competing protests in Lebanon bring thousands to the streets

Tens of thousands of people held competing rallies in Lebanon Sunday, including thousands who flocked to the presidential palace in support of the country's president  and others who gathered in downtown Beirut as part of ongoing protests that aim to sweep from power Lebanon's entire political elite. The agreement ending the war distributed power among Christians, Shiites and Sunnis, but led to decades of corruption and economic mismanagement culminating in a severe fiscal crisis. Around noon Sunday, President Michel Aoun addressed thousands of his supporters at a rally near the presidential palace outside of Beirut.

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