Runners start the 42-kilometer (26-mile) Beirut International Marathon in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, November 13, 2022. Thousands of runners from Lebanon and other nations participated in 20th anniversary edition of the Beirut International Marathon. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)





People cheer for athletes participating during the 18th edition of the annual Beirut International Marathon 2022 in Beirut, Lebanon, 13 November 2022. Thousands of participants from various countries took part in the Beirut Marathon under the slogan “I am Beirut”. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





Athletes participate during the 18th edition of the annual Beirut International Marathon 2022 in Beirut, Lebanon, 13 November 2022. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





A man cleans the street as runners pass by during the 18th edition of the annual Beirut International Marathon 2022 in Beirut, Lebanon, 13 November 2022. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





Competitors take part in the annual Beirut Marathon, in the Lebanese capital, on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)





Youngsters dressed in traditional costumes encourage runners taking part in the annual Beirut Marathon, in the Lebanese capital, on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)





Runners compete in the 42-kilometer (26-mile) Beirut International Marathon in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, November 13, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)





A girl uses an air horn as runners compete in the 42-kilometer (26-mile) Beirut International Marathon in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, November 13, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)





Lebanese women smoke nargileh (water pipe) and watch a streaming broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2022 group G soccer match between Brazil and Switzerland, at a café-restaurant in the area of Sabtiyeh, north of Beirut, on November 28, 2022. Lebanon being hit hard by the economic crisis, the country did not obtain the rights to broadcast the 2022 World Cup this year, depriving Lebanese fans of the World Cup. (Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP Photo)





Lebanese soccer fans of Iran's team cover their backs with Iranian flags, as they sit at a coffee shop smoking water pipes and watch the World Cup group B soccer match between Iran and the United States, in the Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, November 29, 2022. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





People gather during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Byblos, Lebanon on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)





People view seasonal illuminations on display to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and the New Year holidays at Beirut Souks in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 04 December 2022. Lebanon has been struggling with compounded crises for nearly two years, including the economic and financial crisis and the explosion at Beirut's port. The World Bank says the economic crisis in the country is possibly among top three most severe crisis episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth century. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





People dress as Santa Clauses pose in front of the 17-meter-high Christmas tree, which has been officially lit up at the Ashrafieh area in Beirut, Lebanon, 07 December 2022. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





People gather during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Byblos, Lebanon on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)





Revelers celebrate during the ceremony of the lighting of the Christmas tree in Sassine Square in the Ashrafieh district of Lebanon's capital Beirut on December 7, 2022. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)





Visitors view seasonal illuminations to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and the New Year holidays at Beirut Souks in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 04 December 2022. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





Familes watch a dancing show on occasion of the upcoming Christmas and the New Year holidays at Beirut Souks in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 04 December 2022. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)





In this handout pictures released by William Noun, shows William Noun, right, whose brother Joe was a firefighter and killed during Beirut blast on August 4, 2020, celebrates with Maria Fares, left, whose sister Sahar was also a firefighter and killed in the same blast, during their engagement proposal, in Mishmish village northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, December 11, 2022. It was a sad moment during which William Noun and Maria Fares met two years ago after their siblings were killed in Beirut's massive port blast. They got engaged this month and plan to get married next summer. (Photo by William Noun via AP Photo)





Lebanese soldiers and UN peacekeepers stand next to the vehicle of UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL that came under attack in Al-Aqbieh, in south Lebanon, 15 December 2022. The Irish Defense Forces confirmed the death of one of its peacekeepers in a 'serious incident' in Lebanon on the night of 14 December when a convoy of two Armoured Utility Vehicles (AUVs) carrying eight personnel travelling to Beirut came under small arms fire. The UNIFIL said a peacekeeper was killed and three others were injured in the incident, adding that the peacekeepers force is “coordinating with the Lebanese Armed Forces and launched an investigation to determine exactly what happened”. (Photo by Abbas Salman/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping mission attend the repatriation ceremony for Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a U.N. peacekeeping patrol, at Beirut International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)