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Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon’s dying economy
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Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon’s dying economy

BEIRUT (AP) — Through 15 years of civil war and various bouts of violence since, Lebanon’s Barbar eatery never closed…
Lebanon to stop paying back all debt in foreign currencies
Middle East

Lebanon to stop paying back all debt in foreign currencies

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will stop paying all maturing Eurobonds in foreign currencies amid a crippling economic and financial crisis…
Arrival of virus in Gaza raises fears about vulnerable areas
Middle East

Arrival of virus in Gaza raises fears about vulnerable areas

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The arrival of the coronavirus in the Gaza Strip, an impoverished enclave where the…
Mideast airlines lose $7B as airports shut to combat virus
Middle East

Mideast airlines lose $7B as airports shut to combat virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seven Middle Eastern countries have suspended all commercial flights due to the fast-spreading coronavirus…
Lebanon goes on virus lockdown as Iraqis prepare for curfew
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Lebanon goes on virus lockdown as Iraqis prepare for curfew

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon went into lockdown and Iraqis prepared for a curfew Monday as part of regional efforts to…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t oppose IMF aid under ‘reasonable conditions’: chief
Middle East

Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t oppose IMF aid under ‘reasonable conditions’: chief

Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, which has strongly opposed foreign interference in the country’s crisis-hit economy, said Friday it could accept…
Starved of dollars and drowning in debt, Lebanon’s economy sinks fast
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Starved of dollars and drowning in debt, Lebanon’s economy sinks fast

BEIRUT (Reuters) — After importing medical supplies to Lebanon for 20 years, Hassan Hamdan shut his business in December. Sales…
Spike in cases in Gulf pushes Mideast past 10,000 infections
Middle East

Spike in cases in Gulf pushes Mideast past 10,000 infections

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spike in cases in the Gulf Arab states helped push infections in the…
Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus: news agency
Middle East

Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus: news agency

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial…
Iran says new virus kills 54, death toll climbs to 291
Middle East

Iran says new virus kills 54, death toll climbs to 291

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Tuesday that the new coronavirus killed 54 more people, raising the death toll to…
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