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In this photo released by Lebanese government, Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March. 22, 2021. Talks on the formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon collapsed Monday, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab country. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)

Cabinet talks in Lebanon break down, heralding more collapse

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Cars are caught in a traffic jam as protesters block a main road that links the Lebanese capital Beirut to the southern suburbs, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon president to PM designate: Form Cabinet now or quit

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Protesters jump over burning tires that were set on fire to block a road, at Martyrs Square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Lebanon's caretaker prime minister warned Saturday that the country was quickly headed toward chaos and appealed to politicians to put aside differences in order form a new government that can attract desperately needed foreign assistance. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s army chief warns economic crisis is hurting troops

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2018 file photo, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil pauses during a news conference at a Syrian refugee camp, in Arsal, near the border with Syria, east Lebanon. The U.S. treasury slapped sanctions Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, on Lebanon's ex-foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the Hezbollah group, according to the Treasury's website. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

US sanctions Hezbollah-allied Lebanese Christian politician

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Government via AP)

Lebanon praises US mediation in maritime border talks Israel

Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun walk side by side at Beirut airport, Lebanon, Thursday Aug.6, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Beirut to offer French support to Lebanon after the deadly port blast.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Lebanese president calls probe into Beirut blast ‘complex’

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this photo taken from footage provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, a Russian Emergency Situations employee works with his sniffer dog on the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Russia's emergency officials say the country sent five planeloads of aid to Beirut after an explosion in the Lebanese capital's port killed at least 100 people and injured thousands on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

Officials long warned of explosive chemicals at Beirut port

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

People remove debris from a house damaged by Tuesday's explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing over a hundred people and wounding thousands. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Lebanese President Michel Aoun: ‘Possibility of external interference’ in Beirut explosion

The Washington Times

In this photo taken from footage provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, Russian Emergency Situations personnel walk on the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Russia's emergency officials say the country sent five planeloads of aid to Beirut after an explosion in the Lebanese capital's port killed at least 100 people and injured thousands on Tuesday. Russia's Ministry for Emergency Situations sent rescuers, medical workers, a makeshift hospital and a lab for coronavirus testing to Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

The Latest: Trump says US help on way for Beirut disaster

Associated Press

In this photo released by the Lebanese Government, Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, meets with Samir Khatib, the head of a major contracting and construction and once considered a favorite candidate for the post of Prime Minister, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Main Lebanon PM candidate withdraws from consideration

By OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

People queue on their cars as they try to cross a highway blocked by anti-government protesters by burning tires, during ongoing protests against the government, in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Protesters have been holding demonstrations since Oct. 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s outgoing PM blasts president’s party over delays

By BASSEM MRUOE - Associated Press

People queue on their cars as they try to cross a highway blocked by anti-government protesters by burning tires, during ongoing protests against the government, in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Protesters have been holding demonstrations since Oct. 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Major roads reopened in Lebanon after 2-day closure

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

An anti-government protester carries her national flag past burning tires blocking the main highway during protests against the corruption in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. A local official for a government political party was shot dead by soldiers trying to open a road closed by protesters in southern Beirut late Tuesday, the army reported, marking the first death in 27 days of nationwide protests. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon protests sliding into violence amid impasse

By HUSSEIN MALLA and HASSAN AMMAR - Associated Press

Supporters of Lebanese President Michel Aoun hold his pictures and Lebanese flags during a protest near the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. Thousands of people are marching to show their support for Aoun and his proposed political reforms that come after more than two weeks of widespread anti-government demonstrations. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Competing protests in Lebanon bring thousands to the streets

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A Lebanese army soldier, center, is overcome by emotions during scuffles between anti-government protesters and Lebanese army soldiers during a protest in the town of Jal el-Dib north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Lebanese troops have moved in to open several major roads in Beirut and other cities, scuffling in some places with anti-government protesters who had blocked the streets for the past week. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese president vows reforms as protests engulf country

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press