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Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: July 10, 2020, 5:46 pm
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Lebanon's Economic Collapse Is Causing Even More Suffering Than
Coronavirus
[quote]Lebanon's economy has been in freefall for the past ten
months, so when the first coronavirus cases arrived, the strict
lockdown only accelerated the economic meltdown. [/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: July 11, 2020, 6:39 pm
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Lebanese accused of financing Hezbollah returns home
[quote]A Lebanese businessman who has been accused of financing
Hezbollah has returned home - after three years in a United
States jail.
Kassim Tajideen had been sentenced to five years in prison but
was released due to poor health, and the risk of contracting
COVID-19 in prison.
It comes as the US secretary of state called on all countries to
classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.[/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: August 8, 2020, 1:27 pm
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Beirut anti-government protest turns violent
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New videos of Beirut massive explosion emerging online
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: August 9, 2020, 7:50 pm
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'Beirut catastrophe': Lebanon's information minister quits
[quote]The calls for complete political reform in Lebanon are
growing louder after the Beirut port explosion that killed at
least 158 people on Tuesday. Lebanon's information minister has
become the first senior member of the government to resign since
it happened. Manal Abdel Samad says there's little hope for
change. Six MPs have now resigned. And the most powerful
Christian leader, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Boutros al-Rai is
urging the whole cabinet to quit. [/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: August 10, 2020, 8:19 pm
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Lebanon's government steps down in wake of Beirut blast
[quote]Lebanon's government stepped down on Monday night, less
than a week after a massive explosion in Beirut killed more than
160 people and sparked days of violent protests.
Prime Minister Hassan Diab addressed the nation, announcing his
resignation and that of his government in the wake of the blast,
which he called a "disaster beyond measure."
In an impassioned speech, Diab berated Lebanon's ruling
political elite for fostering what he called "an apparatus of
corruption bigger than the state."[/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: August 19, 2020, 12:46 pm
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Lebanon ‘looking to Iran & China’ amid chaos
[quote]Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof joins to discuss
the aftermath of the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon and
intensifying pressure from the US to take geopolitical
advantage. He argues that US sanctions on Lebanon are part of a
desperate move to keep Lebanon out of the orbit of Iran and
China. [/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: January 28, 2021, 9:38 pm
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Protests in Tripoli, Lebanon Leave 300+ Injured, 2 Dead
[quote]At least two people have been killed and more than 300
injured as protests in Tripoli, Lebanon, entered their 4th day.
Thousands have taken to the streets in the northern Lebanese
city, protesting a recent national COVID-19 lockdown that began
in early January.[/quote]
[quote]Human rights groups and protesters say the restrictions
shut down the country with no economic safety net. A large
portion of the Lebanese population earns its living on a
day-to-day income, and more than 50% lives below the
international poverty line.
On January 27, protesters were met with military personnel who
reportedly opened fire on crowds, killing at least one. Another
died from injuries reportedly sustained from security officials.
The following night, protesters set fire to a local municipal
building.
Even prior to the latest lockdown, the country has experienced
more than a year of economic downturn, large-scale protests, and
emigration. In August 2020, the capital city of Beirut was also
the site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in world
history.
The blast killed hundreds, injured thousands, and left hundreds
of thousands without homes. The explosion resurfaced
longstanding tensions between the ruling class and Lebanese
citizens. The government resigned just days later.[/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: February 4, 2021, 9:31 pm
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Beirut Continues to Struggle 6 Months After August 4 Blast
[quote]Rising COVID-19 case numbers, increasing poverty rates,
mass emigration, and little accountability — Beirut continues to
struggle 6 months after the deadly blast that decimated the city
on August 4, 2020. (warning: distressing)[/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: March 17, 2021, 9:46 pm
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Lebanon: A State in Collapse? | People and Power
[quote]On August 4, 2020, Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, was
devastated by a huge blast.
Some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stored - somewhat
inexplicably - in a harbourside warehouse with a cache of
fireworks, caught fire and then exploded with the force of a
magnitude 3.5 earthquake.
More than 200 people were killed, 6,500 were injured and homes,
offices and public buildings were shattered across the city. The
cost in damaged infrastructure alone was subsequently estimated
at billions of dollars. And of course, the blast took place
amidst a coronavirus pandemic that was already stretching the
country's hard-pressed medical services to breaking point.
A disaster on such a scale would knock any nation to its knees,
but it could hardly have come at a worse time for Lebanon, which
in recent years has been trapped in spiralling political and
economic problems.
Understandably, many of its citizens believe those problems and
the August 4 blast stem from the same underlying cause: the
woefully ineffectual government and financial management
provided by a ruling elite that is entrenched in power along
sectarian lines, but which habitually spends more time
squabbling about how to divide the spoils than it does on
running the country.
So what are the consequences of this seemingly interminable
crisis for the people of Lebanon and will the country be able to
recover? We sent filmmaker Nada Issa to find out.[/quote]
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Re: Lebanon
By: guest5 Date: April 22, 2021, 8:22 pm
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Lebanon’s crisis pushes food prices up by 400%
[quote]Charities are stepping in to feed thousands across
Lebanon with nothing to eat as the economic crisis pushes food
prices up by 400 percent.
#Lebanon​ #EconomicCrisis​ #Ramadan2021[/quote]
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