Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned in response to nearly two weeks of nationwide anti-government protests. 
Hariri said he had reached a “dead end” following 13 days of turmoil. “No one is bigger than their country,” he added. 
His resignation came at the end of a day blighted by violence, as supporters of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and its political ally, Amal, attacked protesters in downtown Beirut.
Mass demonstrations have swept the country since 17 October over a litany of longstanding grievances, including rampant corruption, lack of public services and a worsening economic crisis.

Banks have remained shut over fears of financial collapse, while demonstrators have come out in their hundreds of thousands, blocking roads and filling squares.