Lebanese Army Raids Petrol Stations to Terminate Monopoly of Fuels

"Russia Today", a Russian news website in Lebanon, said the Lebanese army started today, Saturday, a wide-range campaign on petrol stations across the country to detect their inventory of fuels.

On the other hand, Lebanon's Central Bank (Banque du Liban) allowed the importing companies of fuels to deliver their storage at 3900 pounds per dollar.

The Lebanese army tweeted that its units will raid the petrol stations in all parts of the country and confiscate all inventories there.

The army pledged to hand the confiscated fuels over the citizens.

It is worth noting that a number of Lebanese news websites revealed that angry youths sealed the highway in the south part of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, and seized two truck tankers laden with mazut.

Also,  other groups of Lebanese youths stormed a closed petrol station in Sidon, in the south part of the country.

Groups of protesters sealed roads to express anger at collapsing of living conditions in Lebanon.

Lebanese public thronged at the petrol stations as they opened their doors after the army raided them and monitored work.

The Lebanese army continues opening the petrol stations and distributed their inventories to the citizens.

Most of the gas stations in Lebanon were closed down for the pretext of running out of inventory.

The Lebanese public applauds the army's movements to terminate monopoly in the fuels sector despite the owners of the stations were reluctant to comply with instructions of the military establishment.

Over the last few months, Lebanon suffered deeply from a complicated crisis due to the scarcity of fuels that led to the failure of the energy system for long hours every day and the absence of the main matters such as gasoline and Mazut from the Lebanese markets.

However, Lebanese politicos failed so far to consent to form a new government due to odds between the presidency and Saad Hariri, leader of the Sunni sect in Lebanon.