BEIRUT: Protesters smashed and burned an ATM at a bank in Beirut on Tuesday as depositors again took to the streets to protest against Lebanese banking restrictions that have denied them full access to their foreign currency savings since 2019. At the same time bank customers have been unable to withdraw their savings, the value of the country’s own currency has collapsed amid
BEIRUT: The US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf met several Lebanese officials on Friday, following depositors’ protests against Lebanon’s central bank and other lenders in Beirut. Accompanied by Dorothy Shea, US ambassador to Lebanon, Leaf met parliament speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, caretaker Foreign Minister