Qatar gives cash-strapped Lebanese army $60 million

Energy-rich Qatar has given Lebanon’s cash-strapped armed forces $60 million, the foreign ministry in Doha announces.

“The announcement comes within the framework of the State of Qatar’s firm commitment to support the Republic of Lebanon,” the ministry says in a statement, as Lebanon faces a dire economic crisis that has plunged many Lebanese into poverty.

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