Posted By
Najib
May 02, 2020 09:48
Update May 23 2020: The second company who was allowed to receive the fuel was shut down as well by the authorities. Its owner has reportedly fled to London. Back in 2005, the Lebanese government signed a deal with the state-owned oil company of Algeria to provide us with fuel. However instead of importing the fuel directly from Sonatrach, two Lebanese companies were in charge of receiving then selling back the fuel to the Lebanese…
Posted By
Fred
May 02, 2020 09:09
Photo by Jad G Ghorayeb. Social distancing in Lebanon has become a thing from the past. Confinement has become a thing from the past. Everything seems to be back to "normal" in the past couple of days, as the country desperately tries to inject some money into the market, apart from the specific places that cannot open before their official governmental time arrives, but which are already preparing for the comeback. The streets are…
Lebanon
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