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Lebanon disburses funds to temporarily avert bread crisis, minister says

Freshly baked bread cools at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon's government has agreed to disburse $15 million to temporarily resolve growing bread shortages in the country, Economy Minister Amin Salam told Reuters, while saying that the funds would only last a few weeks.

Long lines had begun forming outside bakeries across the country since Monday after industry insiders warned that the government had not extended a long-promised credit line for the subsidized good.

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