text: Riot police gather outside barracks during clashes with Lebanese anti-government protesters, following a gathering to demand the release of detainees who were arrested overnight, in the capital Beirut on January 15, 2020. Public anger against cash-strapped banks has boiled over in crisis-hit Lebanon, where demonstrators armed with metal rods, fire extinguishers and rocks attacked branches overnight in protest at controls that have trapped the savings of ordinary depositors. Police said 59 people were detained, in one of the largest waves of arrests since Lebanon's anti-government protests began on October 17 demanding sweeping reforms.