How Caesar Act could hurt Lebanon's Tripoli - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

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TOPSHOT - A Lebanese woman stands next to her empty refrigerator in her apartment in the port city of Tripoli north of Beirut on June 17, 2020. - Lebanon's economic crisis has led to a collapse of the local currency and purchasing power, plunging whole segments of the population into poverty as exemplified by near-empty fridges in many households. (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images) — A Lebanese woman stands next to her empty refrigerator in her apartment in the port city of Tripoli north of Beirut on June 17, 2020. — IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images

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