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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat

Fuel Prices Skyrocket, Transportation Becomes a Luxury in Lebanon

A worker at a station in Beirut fills the tank of a car with petrol (AP)

The price of gasoline imports in Lebanon has turned into a daily nightmare for the Lebanese, who are left to suffer the brunt of a crippling economic crisis that has swept the Mediterranean nation since late 2019.

The Central Bank said last year that it would stop providing dollars at heavily subsidized exchange rates due to a dwindling supply of foreign currency reserves, but it continued to do so at a sub-market rate on its Sayrafa exchange platform.

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