-- Cabinet to hold inaugural meeting tomorrow morning at 11 a.m.

-- The government is of 20, and has 6 women.

-- Defense minister is a woman.

Lebanese cabinet:

Prime Minister: Hassan Diab

Deputy PM & Defense Minister: Zeina Akar

Interior: Mohamed Fahmi

Finance: Ghazi Wazni

Foreign Affairs: Nassif Hitti

Telecoms: Talal Hawat

Justice: Marie-Claude Najm

Economy Minister: Raoul Nehme

Public Works Minister: Michel Najjar

Labor Minister: Lamia Yammine

Energy Minister: Raymond Ghajar

Social Affairs and Tourism Minister: Ramzi Mousharrafiyeh

Youth and Sports Minister: Varte Ohanian

Education Minister: Tarek Majzoub
Environment & Administrative Development: Damianos Kattar

Health: Hamad Hassan

Agriculture & Culture: Abbas Mortada

Displaced: Ghada Shreim

Information Minister: Manal Abdel Samad

Industry Minister: Imad Hoballah

-- Clashes erupt between protesters and security forces in downtown Beirut, as the latter uses tear gas to disperse them.

-- Beirut Damascus road is blocked by protesters.

-- Joniah road is blocked too.

-- Verdun, Beirut road is blocked.

-- PSP party, Joumblat's political party, is gathering armed in Aley and Mount lebanon near the main road.

-- It was a checkpoint, with exactly two guys with full gear.

-- They were checking IDs.

-- Lebanese civil defense ambulances are heading to downtown Beirut, where clashes are happening between a handful of protesters and security forces.

Dear Lara, pepper spray isn't a new weapon, and I think someone with respiratory problems shouldn't be breaking barriers and vigorously attacking security forces at midnight.

https://twitter.com/LaraJBitar/status/1219763494758899713?s=19

-- Security forces are using water to disperse the protesters who are attacking them.

-- The Lebanese army QRF are deployed all over Achrafieh Baabda road, ahead of the government cabinet meeting.

-- Lebanon's new appointed Minister of Defense Zeina Aker: "I have the honor to be the 1st woman to hold the position of Minister of Defense in an Arab country".