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Lebanese PM blames opponents for unrest as protests enter third day
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Lebanese PM blames opponents for unrest as protests enter third day

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab accused his opponents on Saturday of deepening a currency crisis and fuelling…
Lebanon to inject dollars as currency plunge revives protests
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Lebanon to inject dollars as currency plunge revives protests

Hundreds protested for a second night over the Lebanese authorities’ handling of a deepening economic crisis, despite the government pledging…
Lebanese central bank to inject dollars as currency tumbles
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Lebanese central bank to inject dollars as currency tumbles

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s money changers said the country’s central bank agreed Friday to inject fresh dollars into the market…
Lebanese government meets after night of raging protests
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Lebanese government meets after night of raging protests

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister held an emergency Cabinet meeting Friday after a night of raging protests that saw…
Dozens wounded in clashes as hundreds of protesters flood Beirut
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Dozens wounded in clashes as hundreds of protesters flood Beirut

Protesters poured into the streets of the Lebanese capital Saturday to decry the collapse of the economy, as clashes erupted…
Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border
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Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border

Beirut (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed on Friday to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon…
For Lebanese families made poor by crisis, dinner means bread and no meat
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For Lebanese families made poor by crisis, dinner means bread and no meat

BEIRUT (Reuters) — At a street market in southern Beirut, Lebanese crowd around volunteers handing out free rations of bread…
20 years after withdrawal, Israel, Hezbollah brace for war
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20 years after withdrawal, Israel, Hezbollah brace for war

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Twenty years after Hezbollah guerrillas pushed Israel’s last troops from southern Lebanon, both sides are gearing…
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave
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Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon is set to extend its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus by two weeks until…
Hezbollah deems Lebanese government rescue plan an ‘important step’ forward
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Hezbollah deems Lebanese government rescue plan an ‘important step’ forward

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Hezbollah’s leader hailed the Lebanese government’s crisis plan as an “important step” on Monday and warned the…
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