-- MTV correspondent from downtown Beirut: A sound bomb was thrown a while ago and some people are suffocating; protesters are currently breaking the iron door of a bank.

-- ISF: After warning peaceful demonstrators several times through the media to leave riot scenes, we will start arresting all rioters in downtown Beirut.

-- Due to the intensity of the gas, protesters entered the " Amin Mosque" seeking refugee.

-- Lebanese Red Cross: We have raised the number of our responding teams to 16 in Central Beirut to help the injured and transport the wounded to hospitals.

-- The number of injured people and security forces is now 165.

-- Caretaker Interior Minister Raya El-Hassan: I have always pledged to protect peaceful demonstrations, but today's protests are unacceptable because they turned into a blatant assault on security forces, and public and private property.

-- One of the 10's of injured ISF members.

As a Lebanese observer, I can tell you that both sides have made many mistakes.

-- I think his injury is caused by a hit on the head with rock + he swallowing the muscle of his tongue.

-- Timour Azhari (reporter): I’ve seen three pictures purporting to show protesters shot in the head by rubber bullets tonight. Thankfully none of them hit in the eyes, which would almost certainly have led to blindness. But this is extremely troubling.

-- FINAL UPDATE: 18 ambulances, 80 EMTs and 6 dispatchers from the LRC responded to the protests in downtown Beirut. Over 80 victims have been transported to nearby hospitals and over 140 injured were treated at the scene. LRC teams are still on standby and ready to respond.

-- MTV correspondent from downtown Beirut: One ISF member is in a critical condition.

🇱🇧🇸🇾 -- A Syrian officer: I envy the Lebanese for their outlaws, the outlaw's first operation in Syria was a VIED.

Note: A VIED is a fancy term for "car filled with explosives".