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This Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 photo, shows an empty restaurant at lunchtime, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon's unprecedented economic crisis and two months of mass protests have taken a huge toll on hotel and restaurant industries, with massive losses reported by various businesses. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s vital tourism industry takes huge hit amid turmoil

By AJ NADDAFF - Associated Press

Newly-assigned Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, gestures to journalists after arriving to his home following his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Lebanon’s new PM says he plans a government of experts

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Newly-assigned Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, center, greets journalists upon his arrival to meet with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Michel Aoun named Diab as prime minister after a day of consultations with lawmakers in which he gained a simple majority of the 128-member parliament. Sixty-nine lawmakers, including the parliamentary bloc of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements as well as lawmakers affiliated with President Michel Aoun gave him their votes. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah-backed professor to form new government in Lebanon

By SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Lebanese Government, Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, meets with Samir Khatib, the head of a major contracting and construction and once considered a favorite candidate for the post of Prime Minister, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Lebanon’s caretaker PM no longer candidate for post

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

A man looks at a burned car that was set on fire early Tuesday by supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal Movement groups, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Supporters of Lebanon's two main Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal clashed with security forces and set fires to cars in the capital early Tuesday, apparently angered by a video circulating online that showed a man insulting Shiite figures.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Assailants attack several protest camps across Lebanon

By AJ NADDAFF - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters remove the fences that was divided between them and the riot police, during a protest near the parliament square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters for a second straight day, ending what started as a peaceful rally in defiance of the toughest crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in two months. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

3rd night of clashes as Lebanon puts off talks on new PM

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Riot police officers beat an anti-government protester during a protest near the parliament square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. The recent clashes marked some of the worst in the capital since demonstrations began two months ago. The rise in tensions comes as politicians have failed to agree on forming a new government. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon’s capital

By HUSSEIN MALLA and DALAL MAWAD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold his pictures and waves Hezbollah flags in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian-backed Hezbollah built a reputation among supporters in Lebanon as a champion of the poor and a defender of the country against Israel's much more powerful military. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on a coalition government

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Resigned Lebanese Prime Minister Saad, right, arrives to attend a military parade to mark the 76th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France at the Lebanese Defense Ministry, in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Lebanon's top politicians attended the military parade, appearing for the first time since the government resigned amid nationwide protests now in their second month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s FM calls for emergency government of experts

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans during ongoing protests against the Lebanese political class, as riot police block a road leading to the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. A possible candidate for prime minister of Lebanon said Sunday he is withdrawing from consideration for the post, prolonging the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Diplomats to Lebanon: Expect no aid before government formed

By CLAIRE PARKER - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans during ongoing protests against the Lebanese political class, as riot police block a road leading to the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. A possible candidate for prime minister of Lebanon said Sunday he is withdrawing from consideration for the post, prolonging the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Angry protesters attack Lebanese city’s municipality

By FADI TAWIL - Associated Press

Heavy rain causes floods, paralyzes Lebanon’s capital

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In this photo released by the Lebanese Government, Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, meets with Samir Khatib, the head of a major contracting and construction and once considered a favorite candidate for the post of Prime Minister, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Main Lebanon PM candidate withdraws from consideration

By OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 photo, Lebanese anchorwoman Dima Sadek uses her cellphone to film an anti-government protest, in Beirut, Lebanon. Sadek, who last month resigned as an anchorwoman at the LBC TV, blamed Hezbollah supporters for robbing her smartphone while she was filming protests, and said the harassment was followed by insulting and threatening phone calls to her mother, who suffered a stroke as a result of the stress. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s journalists suffer abuse, threats covering unrest

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during ongoing protests against the Lebanese political class and the financial crisis, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. More than a month after the government resigned, President Michel Aoun announced on Wednesday that he will hold formal consultation to name a new prime minister next week. But protesters have already began rallying against the potential candidate for the job, saying he is too close to the political elite they have been calling on to step down. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese PM asks friendly nations for credit amid crisis

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Senator: Lebanon must be ‘on notice’ on jailed US citizen

By KATHY McCORMACK - Associated Press

A woman uses ATM outside a bank, as a Lebanese policeman stands guard, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Lebanon’s worsening financial crisis has thrown businesses and households into disarray. Banks are severely limiting withdrawals of hard currency, and Lebanese say they don’t know how they’ll pay everything from tuitions to insurance and loans all made in dollars. Politicians are paralyzed, struggling to form a new government in the face of tens of thousands of protesters in the streets for the past month demanding the entire leadership go. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese central bank slashes interest rates amid crisis

By SARAH EL DEEB and OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

Syrian refugees who will stay in Lebanon wave goodbye to their relatives in a bus that will take them home to Syria, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Hundreds of Syrian refugees have returned home in the first batch to leave Lebanon since protests broke out in the country more a month ago. Lebanon is hosting about 950,000 registered Syrian refugees according to the U.N. refugee agency. The government estimates the true number of Syrian refugees in the country at 1.5 million. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s outgoing PM backs businessman to replace him

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home

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Coworking plans aim to breathe new life into old buildings

By JOHN LIPPMAN - Associated Press