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U.S. pledges $72 million aid to feed Lebanese amid crisis

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power tours a company during her visit to Zahle, Lebanon November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

The United States pledged $72 million in humanitarian assistance to Lebanon on Wednesday aimed at helping to feed hundreds of thousands of Lebanese struggling to put food on the table, the director of USAID Samantha Power said during a visit to Lebanon.

Power said the aid would allow 660,000 new beneficiaries to be added to the list of people receiving support from the United States Agency for International Development.

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