Despite all of Lebanon’s political and economic chaos and a poverty rate that hovers at 44 percent, much of the country ...

Over the past two years, Lebanon has faced one of the most severe financial crises in its history, causing widespread ...

Poverty in Lebanon tripled over the course of a decade during which the small Mediterranean country slid into a protracted financial crisis, the World Bank said Thursday, May 23, 2024.

More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published Wednesday, up nearly 50 percent from last year.

Hilwe, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, is not simply a tightly packed cluster of buildings: it’s a city within a city, or, as some have called it, “a state outside the state.” ...

Lebanon’s economic crisis has pushed thousands of families to transfer their children from private to public schooling for low-cost education. Now, the same crisis is cutting the school week short and ...

The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022.

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade during which the small Mediterranean country slid into a protracted financial crisis. The percentage ...