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People walk past closed shops in Lebanon’s northern port city of Tripoli, on January 26, 2021. (AFP)

Growing poverty in Lebanon overtakes COVID-19 worries

Lebanon

Demonstrators gather near burning tires during a protest against the lockdown and worsening economic conditions, in Tripoli, Lebanon January 25, 2021. (REUTERS)

Protests rock Lebanon as anger grows over virus lockdown

Lebanon

A 2016 file picture shows then-Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) founder Michel Aoun (L) walking with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Beirut, Lebanon. (REUTERS)

Walid Jumblatt describes deep divide between Aoun, Hariri

Lebanon

Members of the Lebanese Red Cross transfer an elderly coronavirus patient to the COVID-19 department of the Nabih Berri university hospital, in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. (AFP)

World Bank backs vaccine rollout in hard-hit Lebanon

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A general view of the Bourj Hammoud fishing port, north of Beirut, in front of a large landfill dump (background). (AFP)

Environmental degradation exacerbates Lebanon’s crises

Lebanon

Demonstrators carry a banner depicting Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh during an anti-government protest in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon October 23, 2019. (REUTERS)

Circle of suspicion widens in Lebanon after Swiss probe allegations

Lebanon

A still image taken from a drone footage shows the damage two days after an explosion in Beirut’s port area, Lebanon August 6, 2020. (Reuters)

Report links Beirut blast chemicals to Syrian businessmen

Hugh Pope

Author Hugh Pope is seen giving a talk titled: “The new Turkey and the old Middle East.” (hughpope.com)

Hugh Pope lifts veil on misconceptions covering the Middle East

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Additional judges, the prosecution and defense lawyers are seen on screens via video link due to COVID-19 measures, at the start of the session of the United Nations-backed Lebanon Tribunal, in Leidschendam, Netherlands, last December. AFP

International tribunal announces start of appeals in Hariri case