Riad Salameh
An anti-government protesters burns tires to block a road, during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Scattered protests broke out in different parts of Lebanon Tuesday after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, a sign of the country's multiple crises deepening with no prospects for a new Cabinet in the near future. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon's president wants investigation into currency crash

Mar. 03, 2021 11:55 AM EST

An anti-government protester shouts slogans while wearing a mask with the colors of the Lebanese flag in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Major retailers in Lebanon announced Thursday they will temporarily close in the face of an increasingly volatile currency market and their inability to set prices while the local currency tumbles before the dollar. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit

By Bassem Mroue Jul. 21, 2020 09:15 AM EDT

Police use their water cannon to extinguish a shop that was set on fire by protesters during an anti-government protest in Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, June 12, 2020. Lebanon's prime minister held an emergency Cabinet meeting Friday, hours after demonstrators shut roads across the country with burning tires in renewed nationwide protests spurred by a plunging national currency and economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese fear currency will further tumble despite promises

By Sarah El Deeb Jun. 12, 2020 01:28 PM EDT

Lebanese soldiers remove burning tires placed by anti-government protesters to block a road in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 27, 2020. Scattered anti-government protests broke out in several parts of Lebanon on Monday amid a crash in the local currency and a surge in food prices, leading to road closures that prevented medical teams from setting out from Beirut to conduct coronavirus tests across the country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Riots in impoverished north Lebanon city amid currency crash

By Bassem Mroue Apr. 27, 2020 08:42 AM EDT