Protesters Break Into Lebanese Ministry as Crisis Deepens

Protesters Break Into Lebanese Ministry as Crisis Deepens
Children search for valuables in the garbage next to a market in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 12, 2021. Hassan Ammar/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BEIRUT—A small group of protesters broke into a ministry building in Beirut early on Friday and removed a photo of the president from one of its main rooms, as the Lebanese pound hit a new low amid a worsening economic and political stalemate.

The protesters who entered the Ministry of Social Affairs said conditions in crisis-hit Lebanon have become unbearable as a result of the rapid economic collapse and ongoing crash of the pound, which reached 25,100 to the dollar. The previous record was 25,000.