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Lebanon’s €42.4bn gold dilemma: A crisis lifeline or a last resort?

Tiny Lebanon sits on one of the largest gold reserves in the Middle East and its government is weighing whether it can use that stockpile to restore a crippled economy while its citizens are looking at gold as a way to protect their battered assets.

Lebanon’s economy hobbled into 2026 with ongoing inflation and state decay and no reforms to combat corruption in sight.

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