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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat

Gov’t Decision to Delay Daylight Savings Puts Lebanon in Two Time Zones

Beirut, Lebanon (AFP)

Lebanon has woken up in two time zones amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over the government’s decision to postpone winter clock changes till after Islam’s holy month of fasting, Ramadan, is over.

Rising tensions, which reflected fragile ties between Lebanon’s social components, had forced caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to cancel a cabinet session.

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