Ambassador Dorothy Shea expressed long-standing U.S. concerns in an interview with the Saudi state broadcaster. It’s unclear whether the ban will be enforced.
sharply affecting the day-to-day quality of life. On Saturday, people queued outside bakeries amid worry over a wheat shortage. Lines of cars snaked outside some gas stations as fears of fuel shortages also grew. A serious shortage in dollars in the country has placed strain on the Lebanese pound: Despite a decades-old peg of 1,500 to the dollar, the American currency was selling at above 7,000 pounds on the black market.
Lebanon, fragmented by the 15-year civil war that ended in 1990, adopted a power-sharing arrangement that divides government positions among religious sects and political parties. But tensions remain.For the order to take effect, Mazeh told The Washington Post, it must be adopted by the Information Ministry. Soon after it was announced, Information Minister Manal Abdel-Samad said, “No one has the right to ban media from carrying news or limit its media freedom.
In true Lebanese fashion, the chaos was punctuated with jabs at both the ambassador’s and the judge’s names: Shea because her last name is close to the word “Shia,” the Muslim sect that dominates Hezbollah and Iran, and Mazeh because the name means “someone who jokes.”A prominent Hezbollah lawmaker defended the decision, calling Mazeh an independent judge who stood up for the dignity of his country.
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