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In this Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 photo, a woman looks at a wall at United Nations Headquarters, decorated with graffiti in Arabic that reads, &quot;Revolution is a woman, and Oh freedom,&quot; during ongoing protests, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s wave of anti-government protests has given a new platform for women struggling against religious laws. Under Lebanon’s sectarian system, sects have the power to set the rules for marriage, divorce and custody of children for their communities. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In death and life, Lebanese woman shows religious law fight

By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

Lebanese marine special forces soldiers march during 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 Friday a military parade on the country's 76th Independence Day, appearing for the first time since the government resigned amid nationwide protests now in their second month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Trump administration quietly releases Lebanon military aid

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2019 file photo, a man stands in front of an ATM machine outside a branch of the International Bank for Trade and Finance, in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian pound has hit a record low amid the country’s grinding war and as a financial and political crisis roils neighboring Lebanon, Syria’s economic lung. The dollar was worth 920 Syrian pounds at some exchange shops on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in the capital, Damascus, a sharp drop from recent days. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syrian pound at new low as crisis roils neighboring Lebanon

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans during ongoing protests against the Lebanese political class as riot police stand guard in front of Finance Ministry building in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Protesters have been holding demonstrations since Oct. 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Gas station strike paralyzes Lebanon as crisis deepens

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Riot police stand guard during ongoing protests against the Lebanese government, in front of the Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Lebanon paid back a Eurobond worth $1.5 billion that was scheduled to mature Thursday, a Finance Ministry official said, pacifying concerns of a first-ever default on its debt amid the worst financial crisis in three decades. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon pays back $1.5 billion Eurobond amid economic crisis

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A supporter of Lebanese President Michel Aoun holds up his picture with Arabic that read &quot;Because you are our dignity,&quot; as Lebanese republican guards stand guard during a protest near the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Dozens of people are marching to show their support for Aoun and his proposed political reforms that come after more than five weeks of widespread anti-government demonstrations. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

In Lebanon, financial collapse and security concerns loom

By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an address to the nation in Beirut, Lebanon. Hariri says he is withdrawing his candidacy for the premiership nearly a month after he resigned and amid ongoing protests and a severe economic and financial crisis. In a statement, Hariri calls on Michel Aoun to quickly hold consultations with heads of parliamentary blocks to name a new Prime Minister. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Outgoing Lebanese PM withdraws candidacy for post

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

A supporter of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group waves his group's flag as he stands in front of Lebanese army soldiers after a clash erupted between the anti-government protesters and the group, in Beirut, Lebanon, early Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Security forces fired tear gas amid confrontations in central Beirut that went into Monday morning between Hezbollah supporters and demonstrators protesting against Lebanon's political elite.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon clashes threaten to crack open fault lines

By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Lebanese troops and riot police, stand guard behind barbed wire, as a few dozen people demonstrate and chant slogans, during a protest against what they called, &quot;America's intervention in Lebanon's affairs,&quot; near the U.S. embassy in Aukar, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. Arabic at lower left corner reads, &quot;police state protects Zionists.&quot; (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Police fire tear gas as groups clash in Lebanon capital

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In this June 2016, photo provided by Guila Fakhoury, her father Amer Fakhoury holds his granddaughter, Kira, in King of Prussia, Penn. Amer Fakhoury, a U.S. citizen living in Dover, N.H., went to visit family in his native Lebanon in September after a 20-year absence, and has been jailed there by authorities since. (Guila Fakhoury via AP)

US citizen jailed in Lebanon as country deals with crisis

By KATHY McCORMACK - Associated Press

Lebanese marine special forces soldiers march during 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 Friday a military parade on the country's 76th Independence Day, appearing for the first time since the government resigned amid nationwide protests now in their second month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Mystery grows over Trump administration hold on Lebanon aid

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Session of Lebanese-American who dealt with Israel postponed

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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)

Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2019 file photo, anti-government protesters wave Lebanese flags and chant, &quot;the people want to bring down the regime&quot; outside the office of legislator Mohammed Raad, the powerful head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanese protests test Hezbollah’s role as Shiites’ champion

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

People queue on their cars as they try to cross a highway blocked by anti-government protesters by burning tires, during ongoing protests against the government, in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Protesters have been holding demonstrations since Oct. 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s outgoing PM blasts president’s party over delays

By BASSEM MRUOE - Associated Press

A door of a closed bank is spray painted with a message in Arabic that reads, &quot;Down with the rule of the banks,&quot; in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Lebanon's banking association says banks will stay closed due to a strike by employees, as country's financial crisis worsens. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese police to boost security near banks amid unrest

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Lebanese soldiers open a road following scuffles between rival groups in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. A man opened fire over the heads of protesters in Jal el-Dib Wednesday, the second shooting incident in as many days as tensions rise in Lebanon between supporters and opponents of President Michel Aoun amid nationwide protests. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

AP Explains: Lebanon’s protests could head into dark turn

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

An anti-government protester carries her national flag past burning tires blocking the main highway during protests against the corruption in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. A local official for a government political party was shot dead by soldiers trying to open a road closed by protesters in southern Beirut late Tuesday, the army reported, marking the first death in 27 days of nationwide protests. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon protests sliding into violence amid impasse

By HUSSEIN MALLA and HASSAN AMMAR - Associated Press

A student protester holds a placard as she chants slogans against the Lebanese government, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Protesters in Lebanon resumed demonstrations on Tuesday blocking some roads and governmental institutions. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The Latest: First death reported in Lebanon’s protests

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University students chant slogans against the government, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Protesters in Lebanon resumed demonstrations on Tuesday blocking some roads and governmental institutions. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

First death reported in nationwide protests wracking Lebanon

By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press