📰 2 sources 3 articles · 14 Oct 2026, 09:59 → 4 days ago

Protest in Houch Harimeh over transferring the town's secondary school and blocking the Marj–Jib Jannin road

A protest movement was carried out by residents in the town of Houch Harimeh in the Western Bekaa in rejection of the Ministry of Education's decisions to transfer the town's secondary school to the town of Marj and to refer its principal to the Central Inspection. The protesters cut the Marj–Jib Jannin public road with burning tires, demanding the appointment of a new principal and keeping the school year at the town's secondary school. The road was reopened about half an hour later.

📍 Where things stand: The Houch Harimeh road toward Marj has been reopened after being closed, while residents' demands continue for reversing the transfer of the secondary school and the referral of its principal to the Central Inspection.

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14 Oct 2026, 09:59 The Traffic Control Room in Lebanon announced the reopening of the road in the Houch Harimeh area toward Marj, after it had been closed.
14 Oct 2026, 10:30 The town of Houch Harimeh in the Western Bekaa witnessed a protest movement carried out by a number of residents in objection to the Ministry of Education's decisions to transfer the town's secondary school to the town of Marj and to refer its principal to the Central Inspection. The protesters cut the Marj–Jib Jannin public road with burning tires, demanding the appointment of a new principal and keeping the school year at the town's secondary school, before the road was reopened about half an hour later.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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