People queue outside a branch of BLC bank in Sidon, Lebanon November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Queues built as Lebanese banks reopened on Tuesday after a one-week closure, with police deployed at branches and banks imposing tight restrictions on hard currency withdrawals and transfers abroad.
Banks have mostly been closed since protests erupted against Lebanon's ruling elite on Oct. 17. They reopened after a two-week closure on Nov. 1, but shut again a week later because of a strike by staff who complained of intimidation from clients demanding their cash.
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