Anti-government protesters in Lebanon have stormed the Environment Ministry in Beirut, calling on the minister to resign, according to local TV.
The demonstrators are organizing a sit-in, refusing to leave until the minister resigns, according to reports on social media.
The protesters are part of the "You Stink" campaign, which has given the government until Tuesday evening to meet its demands.
Those demands include a sustainable solution to a trash crisis that flared in mid-July, the resignation of Environment Minister Mohammad Mashnuq, and new election to replace a parliament which has been in power since 2009, AFP reported.
The Tuesday action comes just two days after the movement promised a "surprise" for the government.
The "You Stink" movement was initially launched to demand a solution to the garbage crisis, which has seen trash pile up uncollected. It has since expanded to a call for a total government rehaul.
Lebanon has seen a series of protests against the government, prompted by the country's waste crisis.
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