People gather near a bonfire of tires which is used to block a road and as a demonstration of support to the Lebanese border town of Arsal after Arsal was blocked by Al-Labwa residents, in the southern suburbs of Beirut March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese demonstrators blocked several roads throughout the country on Tuesday evening in protest at what they called a "siege" on the Sunni Muslim town of Arsal on the border with Syria.
The road to Arsal was blocked by residents of the Shi'ite Muslim town of al-Labwa who erected sand barriers this weekend, a security source said, cutting it off from other parts of Lebanon.
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