Protests escalate in Sidon over planned prefabricated rooms

Protests are escalating in Sidon after information surfaced about plans to set up prefabricated rooms at the site of the Fatima al-Zahraa complex on a street that includes a number of schools and universities, raising residents' concerns as the relevant party insists on going ahead with the project amid questions over the motives behind the decision and how it was taken. A judicial source also revealed evidence proving the involvement of the son of a former health minister, a former director-general of the ministry, and the secretary-general of a pro-establishment party in a case involving smuggled medicines, but the case was previously covered up because of the influence of those involved.