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Lebanese security forces wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as they stand guard at a street full of restaurants where revelers celebrating the New Year Eve, in Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Lebanon ended the year with more than 3,500 newly registered infections of coronavirus and 12 new deaths as its health minister rang appealed to Lebanese to take precautions while celebrating to avoid what he called wasting sacrifices made in combatting the virus. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

New Year’s Eve celebratory gunfire kills 1 in Lebanon

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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, speaks during a press conference after his government was announced, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon. Diab said Tuesday, Dec. 29 he was shocked to learn that he was being charged of negligence in the Aug. 4 port explosion, saying that he did his utmost duty during the short term in office after which he learned about the chemicals that had been stored at the port for more than six years. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Lebanese PM slams ‘diabolical’ move to charge him over blast

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Two woman wear their masks while walking on the deserted corniche along the Mediterranean Sea, as the country began a two-week lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus that killed dozens of people over the past days, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The lockdown comes after the number cases increased sharply in recent weeks around Lebanon straining the country's medical sector where intensive care units are almost full. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon reserving nearly 2 million coronavirus vaccines

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon

By by SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Pope hopes to visit South Sudan, Lebanon if security permits

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 file photo a man wearing a face mask to curb the spread of coronavirus walks past closed a pub in London. Instead of Christmas joy, a sense of dread and isolation is looming. Dozens of countries have limited flights from Britain, and daily new infections are running at record highs. Hospitals across the U.K., which has Europe's second-highest virus-related death toll at nearly 70,000, are heading towards capacity at a time of year when other illnesses abound. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Global virus rules for Christmas: Tough, mild or none at all

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An injured man stands at the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport in Beirut Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon prosecutor pauses port probe amid legal challenges

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Lebanese woman gets 3 years hard labor for Israel contacts

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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, speaks during a press conference after his government was announced, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon. On Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, the Lebanese prosecutor probing this summer's port explosion in Beirut filed charges against Diab, and three former ministers, Lebanon's official news agency said. All four were charged with negligence leading to deaths over the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut port, which killed more than 200 people and injured thousands. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Lebanon’s PM refuses further questioning over port blast

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Presiding judge David Re, right, and judge Janet Nosworthy, left, pose for pictures prior to a session of the United Nations-backed Lebanon Tribunal where it is scheduled to hand down it's sentencing on Salim Jamil Ayyash, a member of the Hezbollah militant group who was convicted of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others 15 years ago, in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Friday Dec. 11, 2020. Ayyash is not in custody and is unlikely to serve any sentence. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

Hezbollah member sentenced to life in Hariri assassination

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

The aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. A Lebanese prosecutor filed charges Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 against current and former customs officials over the massive blast at Beirut’s port in August, including a former customs chief who was reportedly the point man for the militant Hezbollah group at the facility. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Charges in Beirut port blast stir controversy in Lebanon

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Rubble, spilled grains remain around towering silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. A heated debate is underway in Lebanon over the fate of the towering silos with some arguing the gutted silos could collapse at any moment, and must be demolished, while others call for the ruins to be preserved as a grim memorial. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Lebanon’s Hezbollah sues PM’s brother over blast accusation

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The aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. A Lebanese prosecutor filed charges Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 against current and former customs officials over the massive blast at Beirut’s port in August, including a former customs chief who was reportedly the point man for the militant Hezbollah group at the facility. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah suing those accusing it of port blast

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, a helicopter flies over a base of the U.N. peacekeeping force, in the southern town of Naqoura, Lebanon. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, Lebanon and Israel held a second round of U.S.-mediated talks over their disputed maritime border and agreed on a third meeting. The U.S.-mediated talks are being held in a tent at the U.N. post along the border known as Ras Naqoura, on the edge of the Lebanese border town of Naqoura. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Lebanon’s president expresses hope for Israel border talks

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference on the situation in Lebanon. France and the U.N. will host a new conference next week about aid to Beirut after its devastating port explosion in August, amid political deadlock and a worsening economic crisis in Lebanon, the French presidency said Friday, Nov. 27. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, Pool)

France and UN rally aid for Lebanon, urge political reforms

By ZEINA KARAM and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

An anti-government protester holds an Arabic sign that reads: &quot;It is a criminal murder, not negligence,&quot; during a protest in Beirut's Ashrafieh district, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Dozens of protesters rallied Thursday outside the house of Judge Fadi Sawwan, the lead judicial investigator into the catastrophic blast at Beirut's port in August the blast that killed nearly 200 people, wounded more than 6,000 and caused billions of dollars in damage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

World Bank warns of ‘prolonged depression’ in Lebanon

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed

By ILAN BEN ZION and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

France, UN to host new Lebanon aid conference amid deadlock

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Samih Zreik stands in front of his house, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Dearborn, Mich. Zreik painted his house in tribute to Lebanon following the blast at Beirut's port that killed nearly 200 people, wounded more than 6,000 and caused billions of dollars in damage. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

US charities raise millions in wake of Beirut port blast

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press