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The economic collapse in Lebanon: Soldiers injured in riots, huge queues for fuel
The pound was at an all-time low, and desperate citizens took to the streets.
In Tripoli, military forces deployed around state institutions after a night of riots, in Beirut they blocked roads.
With no solution on the horizon of the political crisis, Nasrallah proposes to import fuel from Iran: "Shooting each other at gas stations will not solve anything"
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Sunday, 27 June 2021, 17:33
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The Lebanese army is deployed today (Sunday) around government institutions in the northern city of Tripoli, after a night of demonstrations and riots in protest of the worsening economic situation. Ten soldiers and several protesters were wounded. Sporadic demonstrations took place yesterday in several other centers in Lebanon, following the exacerbation of the crisis that began 20 months ago.
The army said rioters riding motorcycles threw stun grenades at soldiers in Tripoli and wounded nine soldiers, while another was wounded by a stone. In addition, protesters attacked several state institutions in the city. The largest demonstrations were in the southern port city of Sidon, and in Tripoli, the second largest and poorest city in Lebanon. In the capital Beirut, there were small demonstrations and roadblocks. Outside the gas stations, long queues were recorded even today. According to the official news agency, the calm returned today to Tripoli and other cities.
The country is suffering from a severe shortage of essential products like fuel, medicines and medical products, which has angered the public.
The pound fell yesterday to an all-time low of 18,000 pounds to the dollar.
The local currency has lost more than 90% of its value since the crisis began in October 2019, with the outbreak of demonstrations against the political elite that has been in power since the end of the 1990 civil war.
The protesters accused her of corruption and mismanagement of the state economy.
The World Bank has described the crisis in Lebanon as one of the worst the world has experienced in the last 150 years, coinciding with a political deadlock since the disaster at the port of Beirut last August.
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The crisis in Lebanon - one of the most difficult the world has known in the last 150 years.
Demonstrations in Beirut, last week (Photo: AP)
The situation in Lebanon is not expected to improve in the near future, due to the political confrontation between President Michel Aoun and the designated prime minister Saad al-Hariri, which has been delaying the formation of the government since it began trying to form a coalition in October.
At the same time, talks with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout package have been halted since last year.
The World Bank said Lebanon's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to shrink by 9.5% this year, after shrinking by 20.3% last year and by 6.7% in 2019. Since that year, tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs in the country where they live. Six million people, including one million Syrian refugees, more than half of the population living in poverty.
Iran will help resolve the crisis?
Queues for a gas station in Beirut, today (Photo: Reuters)
On Friday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah promised to import fuel from Iran if the shortage continued. He said all logistical infrastructure was ready for that.
Nasrallah warned of violence among citizens. "In all honesty, if you shoot at each other at the gas station, it will not solve the crisis," he said. "there are a large number of crises in Lebanon, but we are blessed with security and civil peace."
US Ambassador to Lebanon, generations "She is looking for a kind of satellite state that she can use for her own interests," she told the Al-Jadid channel last week, in response to a question about how Washington would respond to Iranian shipments arriving at Beirut ports.
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