

General Strike
The uprising continues throughout the country, protesters call for a general strike, banks, schools and state institutions are closed. First clashes in Sour, where gangs of the Amal Movement “Haraket Amal” attack a group of protesters. In his first public statement since the beginning of the protests, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah claims sympathy for the movement, but pleads for patience. The Police fires tear gas in the crows, several protestors arrested.