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Lebanon's COVID lockdown compounds economic crisis

COVID-19 lockdown compounds Lebanon's economic crises

03/04/2021

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Lebanon's COVID lockdown compounds economic crisis

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COVID-19 lockdown compounds Lebanon's economic crises

Protests erupted again this week in Lebanon, as a spiraling currency crisis led to violence in the streets. A strict COVID-19 lockdown has crushed the economy, causing many Lebanese to go months without an income. And as special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Tripoli, many now are left with nothing.

03/04/2021

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