What’s happening with Lebanon’s economy and will it recover? Lebanon’s economy has struggled for years as people’s discontent with the government grew. Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2025
Woman who held up Lebanese bank for own savings released on bail A Lebanese woman who last month held up a Beirut bank to retrieve her own savings was released on bail on Thursday after she handed herself in to authorities following weeks on the run, her lawyer said. Reuters · Oct 6, 2022
Lebanon banks will remain shut indefinitely after ‘heists’ Banking association says it’s too dangerous to open after depositors began entering branches and demanding their money. Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022
Lebanon’s ‘Wonder Woman’ in hiding after bank heist Sali Hafiz has been lauded as a hero in Lebanon after she entered a bank with a replica gun and demanded her money. Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022
On the run, Lebanese woman who stole own savings says she's not the criminal On the run from authorities after forcing a bank to release her family savings at gunpoint to treat her cancer-stricken sister, 28-year-old Lebanese interior designer Sali Hafiz insists she is not the criminal. Reuters · Sep 21, 2022
People are ‘robbing’ banks in Lebanon – to take their own money Lebanon is suffering from an economic crisis since 2019, plunging three-quarters of its population below poverty. Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2022