20 injured after clashes erupt between anti- govt protesters and army in Lebanon
Diab accused former Prime Minister Saad Hariri of launching a campaign against the current government, causing people to return to the streets.
Diab accused former Prime Minister Saad Hariri of launching a campaign against the current government, causing people to return to the streets.
Riot police used tear bombs in an attempt to disperse protesters and stop them from destroying properties in the area.
The 65-year-old Allawi held the post of Communications Minister in the government of Nouri al-Maliki before quitting in 2012 over what he described as "political interference" by the then-Prime Minister.
Tensions in the capital are high just days after the deaths of three youths, who the opposition said that they were shot by the security services as they attended a funeral march for 11 people killed in unrest since mid-October.
The semi-official Iranian news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying the action had been officially ordered.
"Leave behind all these feelings of conflict, of division, of confrontation and look for what unites us, instead of looking for what sets us apart," he added.
In addition, up to 48 demonstrators and civil society activists were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, he added.
But despite almost 14 million people voting in favour of Johnson's government, the comparatively tiny crowd, seemingly unable to get over the election result, became embroiled in violent clashes with the police.
The government was at least partly responsible for the election result, she added.
The institute also confirmed reports of torture and abuse by state forces during the protests of the last few days.
