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

'I Need My Salary': Anger as Lebanese Banks Reopen

File Photo: People queue outside a bank in Tripoli, Lebanon November 1, 2019. (Reuters)

Depositors scuffled and long lines formed at Lebanese banks Monday as they partially reopened after a week-long closure following a slew of heists by customers desperate to access their money.

But most banks remained shut, welcoming only a handful of depositors on appointment, and there was anger from those seeking to withdraw frozen funds desperately needed to weather a crushing economic crisis, AFP said.

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