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A woman flashes a victory sign as she receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a nationwide vaccination campaign, at the Saint George Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Lebanon launched its inoculation campaign after receiving the first batch of the vaccine — 28,500 doses from Brussels with more expected to arrive in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syria to send Lebanon emergency oxygen supply for hospitals

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Protesters participate in a march against the political leadership they blame for the economic, financial crisis and 4 Aug. Beirut blast, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Women mark Mothers’ Day in Beirut with march to damaged port

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Ibrahim Farshoukh, 28, owner of a leather bracelets and bags shop, carries a stand with his products, on Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. More than half the population now lives in poverty, while an intractable political crisis heralds further collapse and Lebanese are gripped by fear for the future. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese are gripped by worry as economic meltdown speeds up

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri, center, walks after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March.18, 2021. Hariri said despite disagreements with the country's president there is still a chance to form a government to halt economic collapse and offer people hope. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese PM-designate: Cabinet needed to restore trust, hope

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Cars are caught in a traffic jam as protesters block a main road that links the Lebanese capital Beirut to the southern suburbs, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon president to PM designate: Form Cabinet now or quit

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

A Syrian boy who sells flowers on the street watches protesters burn tires to block a main road during a protest against the increase in prices of consumer goods and the crash of the local currency, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Scattered protests broke out on Tuesday in different parts of the country after the Lebanese pound hit a new record low against the dollar on the black market. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

‘We are hungry’: Lebanese protest worsening economic crisis

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FILE - In this April 16, 2018 file photo, Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to residents in the town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. As Syria marks the 10th anniversary Monday, March 15, 2021, of the start of its uprising-turned-civil war, President Bashar Assad may still be in power, propped up by Russia and Iran. But millions of people are being pushed deeper into poverty, and a majority of households can hardly scrape together enough to secure their next meal. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

‘Republic of Queues’: 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes the head of Hezbollah parliamentary bloc Mohamad Raad for talks during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 15, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian FM discusses Middle Eastern affairs with Hezbollah

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A protester throws back a tear gas canister towards riot policemen, during a protest near Parliament Square, In Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March. 13, 2021. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse scores of people who protested near parliament building in central Beirut Saturday amid deteriorating economic and financial conditions and as the local currency hit new low levels. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Protests around Lebanon as local currency continues to slide

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A Syrian displaced man Mohammed Zakaria, 53, who fled his Syrian hometown of Homs in 2012, prepares a hot drink as he sits inside his tent with his wife, left, at a refugee camp, in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley, Friday, March 5, 2021. Nearly ten years later, the family still hasn't gone back and Zakaria is among millions of Syrians unlikely to return in the foreseeable future, even as they face deteriorating living conditions abroad. The Syrian conflict has resulted in the largest displacement crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

By FAY ABUELGASIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2021 file photo, Mounir Hujairi, 23, throws gasoline to sets fire to tires that are blocking a road, during a protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It's an expression of anger but also of helplessness: Dense palls of smoke rising around Beirut and other parts of Lebanon from burning tires that anti-government protesters are using to block roads. The tactic has become the hallmark of a new flare-up of demonstrations against an intransigent political class that does nothing as its country slides toward the political and economic abyss. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanese parliament approves World Bank loan to help poor

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

From left to right, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speak to the media during a press conference in Paris, Thursday, March 11, 2021. The new U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Tor Wennesland will meet Thursday in Paris with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Germany and France to discuss possibilities for building confidence between Israel and the Palestinians. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

France: Lebanon is running out of time before total collapse

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FILE - In this March 3, 2021 file photo, Mounir Hujairi, 23, holds up a Lebanese national flag as walks in front of burning tires set on fire to block a main road, during a protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It's an expression of anger but also of helplessness: Dense palls of smoke rising around Beirut and other parts of Lebanon from burning tires that anti-government protesters are using to block roads. The tactic has become the hallmark of a new flare-up of demonstrations against an intransigent political class that does nothing as its country slides toward the political and economic abyss. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Burning tires: Lebanon’s protesters send dark, angry message

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Protesters jump over burning tires that were set on fire to block a road, at Martyrs Square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Lebanon's caretaker prime minister warned Saturday that the country was quickly headed toward chaos and appealed to politicians to put aside differences in order form a new government that can attract desperately needed foreign assistance. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s army chief warns economic crisis is hurting troops

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Protesters stand next to burning tires set on fire to block a main road, after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s caretaker PM warns of chaos as currency plunges

By FAY ABUELGASIM - Associated Press

Protesters burn tires to block a road, during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Lebanon has been hit by one crisis after another, with widespread protests against the country’s corrupt political class breaking out in October 2019. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Anger in Lebanon as currency, prices spiral out of control

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A Lebanese soldier asks a driver to move away from burning tires that were set on fire by protesters to block a highway that leads to Beirut's international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Scattered protests broke out in different parts of Lebanon Tuesday after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, a sign of the country's multiple crises deepening with no prospects for a new Cabinet in the near future. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s president wants investigation into currency crash

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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, as he launches an initiative to help Lebanon that is undergoing a severe economic and financial crisis, in Kaslik, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Two Americans suspected of helping Ghosn skip bail and escape to Lebanon in December 2019 have been extradited to Japan. Michael Taylor and his son Peter were handed over to Japanese custody on Monday, March 1, 2021 and were due to arrive in Tokyo on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

EXPLAINER: Japan to try US men accused of helping Ghosn flee

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A protester holds an Arabic placard that reads: &quot;Soon $ 1 = 10,000 Lebanese pounds and if you are not happy, immigrate,&quot; during a protest against the economic and financial crisis, in front of the government house in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 11, 2020. The Lebanese pound has hit a record low against the dollar on the black market as the country's political crisis deepens and foreign currency reserves dwindle further. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)

Protests in Lebanon as local currency hits record low

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Family of officer who died from COVID-19 denied workers comp

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