TRIPOLI, Lebanon — For Amer al Dahn, the idea of eating meat is now a dream. Today, he can't even afford bread and depends on credit from the local grocer to feed his wife and four children in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. The closest we get to them is in magazines and newspapers," said Dahn, 55, leafing through a supermarket brochure in his cramped apartment. Living in one of the poorest streets of Lebanon's poorest city, Dahn and his family are feeling the full force of a financial meltdown that is fuelling extreme poverty and shattering lives across the country. In the capital Beirut, a 61-year-old man shot himself in the head on the busy Hamra street on Friday.

Source: International New York Times July 03, 2020 15:00 UTC