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October 31, 2022

Lebanese President Leaves Office with No Successor Amid Mounting Economic Crisis
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Lebanon's political crisis deepened this weekend after Michel Aoun
vacated the presidential palace Sunday with no successor in place and a
crumbling economy. Lebanon is now ruled by a caretaker cabinet and prime
minister-designate, who has failed to form a government over the past
six months. This comes as the country has been reeling from the deadly
2020 blast at the Beirut port and 2019's financial meltdown, which
pushed over 80% of the population into poverty and prompted mass
anti-government protests.

As one of his final acts as president, Michel Aoun signed on Thursday a
U.S.-brokered maritime border deal with Israel.


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