Lebanese PM hints he might resign after anti-government protests in Beirut

Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam speaks during a press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. Salam hinted he might resign after violent protests by people demonstrating against government corruption and political dysfunction amid a trash crisis. He said that security forces who used force against protesters will be held accountable and that the right to demonstrate is protected by the constitution. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (The Associated Press)

Lebanese activists try to remove a barbed wire barrier to cross to the government house, during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. Lebanon's prime minister Tammam Salam hinted Sunday he might resign after violent protests against government corruption and political dysfunction triggered by a month long trash crisis in Beirut. Salam also pledged that security forces that used violence against demonstrators would be held accountable. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (The Associated Press)

Lebanese activists try to remove a barbed wire barrier to cross to the government house, during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. Lebanon's prime minister Tammam Salam hinted Sunday he might resign after violent protests against government corruption and political dysfunction triggered by a monthlong trash crisis in Beirut. Salam also pledged that security forces that used violence against demonstrators would be held accountable. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (The Associated Press)