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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/14/2021 3:52:00 PM
With the country already going through an economic and political crisis, the new border tensions between Hizbullah and Israel are particularly unwelcome for Lebanon
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World
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Region
8/2/2021 12:11:30 PM
The Israeli government on Monday agreed on a state budget for the first time in three years after a political crisis that saw four general elections
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World
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Region
7/27/2021 9:39:33 PM
Saied believes that Tunisia has moved to a parliamentary, multi-party system that “bruises the Tunisian people in terms of food, transportation and health'
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/17/2021 9:24:00 AM
Reeling from the Delta and Alpha variants, a collapsing healthcare system and a political crisis, Tunisia now has the highest death rates from Covid-19 in the region
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World
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Region
7/13/2021 11:25:33 AM
In April, France imposed sanctions by restricting entry of Lebanese figures it says are responsible for the political crisis
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World
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Region
7/10/2021 3:09:59 PM
For the seventh time in a year, Lebanon's economy ministry announced on Saturday new prices for bread, slowly removing subsidies as the country sinks deeper into a dire economic and political crisis
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World
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Region
7/7/2021 4:34:19 PM
They then kept the power on after the prayers ended, 'because he had neither electricity nor a generator subscription at home'
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World
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International
7/6/2021 7:58:27 PM
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet lamented that Myanmar in recent months "has evolved from a political crisis to a multi-dimensional human rights catastrophe"
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World
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Region
7/6/2021 9:48:03 AM
Currently, most hotel reservations are from Lebanese expats and some foreigners from neighboring Iraq, Egypt and Jordan
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World
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Region
6/30/2021 7:22:37 PM
Riots in Tripoli over the weekend left at least 20 people injured, half of them soldiers
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World
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Region
6/29/2021 8:22:12 PM
The economic crisis has eaten away at the value of soldiers' salaries and slashed the military's budget for maintenance and equipment
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World
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Region
6/29/2021 5:26:23 PM
Lebanon hiked fuel prices by more than 30 percent Tuesday as it reduced subsidies that have eaten away at the central bank's foreign currency reserves amid a painful economic crisis
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World
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Region
6/24/2021 12:54:28 PM
The crisis is so acute that on Wednesday the lights went out in a building belonging to the foreign ministry, forcing employees to stop work, Lebanese media reported
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World
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Region
6/22/2021 2:16:36 PM
Most Lebanese have seen their purchase power drop and their savings evaporate, and more than half the tiny country's population now lives below the poverty line
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World
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Region
6/20/2021 7:57:36 PM
The top leaders locked horns over the shape of the government while the country's economic problems, unfolding since late 2019, worsened
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World
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Region
6/17/2021 5:07:02 PM
Banks and government offices were shut and several shops in central Beirut were also closed
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World
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Region
6/16/2021 10:38:29 AM
The economic meltdown is putting unprecedented pressure on the US-backed army's operational abilities, wiping out soldiers' salaries and wrecking morale
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World
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Region
6/9/2021 9:29:56 AM
Lebanon's central bank said it could not continue with its subsidies of medical items without dipping into the mandatory reserves and hard currency deposits parked by local lenders at the bank
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World
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Region
6/8/2021 9:21:16 PM
Hezbollah, long designated a terrorist organisation by the US, is a major political player in Lebanon and is closely aligned with regional Shia powerhouse Iran
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World
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Region
6/8/2021 7:22:14 PM
It wasn't immediately clear if commercial banks, short on foreign currency, can meet the demand of an anticipated rush on the banks when the policy goes into effect July 1.
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