Lebanon: Economic Crisis, Political Unrest Compounded By Beirut Blast – Analysis

Lebanon in 2020 faces overlapping currency, debt, fiscal, and banking crises. All of the above have been compounded by the recent Beirut blasts that have only increased social unrest.

By Carla E. Humud*

Lebanon, a country of 5.5 million people, currently faces the worst economic crisis in its history amid ongoing political...