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Lebanon's banks reopened on 1 November 2019, after two weeks of closure, the longest bank closure in the nation's history. [121] "Unofficial" capital controls were imposed by individual banks to prevent a bank run, with personal withdrawals being limited to US$3,000 per week or per month depending on individual banks. Corporate banking activity ...
August 25 - 2019 Beirut drone crash: two drones, alleged to be from Israel by Lebanese authorities, crashed in the Dahieh district of Beirut. The first drone crashed into Hezbollah's Media Center, and the second drone exploded mid-air 45 minutes later. This was the first such incident between Lebanon and Israel since the 2006 war between them. [2]
Bundles of Lebanese pound banknotes, their value now drastically reduced. The Lebanese liquidity crisis is an ongoing financial crisis affecting Lebanon, that became fully apparent in August 2019, and was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon (which began in February 2020), the 2020 Beirut port explosion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
[5] [2] From 2019 to March 2023, the Lebanese pound lost 98% of its value, and withdrawal limits of $400 US have remained in place since 2019. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The government was forced to devalue its exchange rate with US currency by 90% in February 2023, though market value had diverged long beforehand.
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This is a list of the Lebanon national football team results from 2010 to 2019.. Lebanon missed out the World Cups in 2010, 2014 and 2018, as well as the Asian Cups of 2011 and 2015; the team, however, managed to qualify for the 2019 Asian Cup for the first time in history (with the only other previous experience in the Asian Cup being in 2000, when Lebanon hosted the event).
On 14 March, 15 new cases were announced in Lebanon, bringing the total to 93. [29] On 15 March, 6 new cases were announced, bringing the total to 99. [30] Lebanon declared a state of medical emergency. [31] The government announced the two-week closure of Beirut Airport, seaports and land entrances to begin on 18 March. [32]
The outbreak began late 2019 in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Three villages in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, which shares a border with Pakistan's desert areas, came under fresh locust attacks in January (2020). In Gujarat, locust attacks in December(2019) damaged crops, mainly rapeseed and cumin seed, planted on about 17,000 hectares.