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Lebanese Depositors Smash Up, Burn Beirut Banks

Several dozen Lebanese protesters attacked banks in a Beirut neighborhood on Thursday, while blocking roads protesting against informal restrictions on cash withdrawals in place for years and rapidly deteriorating economic conditions. At least six banks had been targeted as the Lebanese pound hit a new record low on Thursday, a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2023

Lebanese depositors smash up, burn Beirut banks

Several dozen Lebanese protesters smashed up and set fire to commercial banks in a Beirut neighbourhood on Thursday, while blocking roads protesting against informal restrictions on cash withdrawals in place for years and rapidly deteriorating economic conditions.

Reuters · Feb 16, 2023

Lebanese Protest Record-Low Value of Local Currency

Protesters burned tires and held up handfuls of local currency bills on Wednesday at the entrance of the Lebanese Central Bank in Beirut, furious over the spiraling devaluation of the lira. Lebanon's economic meltdown, which began in 2019, has cost the lira around 97% of its value. The decline has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2023

‘Nothing to lose’: Woman holds up Beirut bank to get £11,000 from savings for sister’s cancer treatment

‘I had begged the branch manager before for my money,’ says Sali Hafez

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022