Lebanese women shop for decorations in preparation for the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo)





A Lebanese army soldier assists a boy, affected by tear gas, during a protest over the deteriorating economic situation in Beirut, Lebanon on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Issam Abdallah/Reuters)





Lebanese special forces soldiers remove their comrade who faints from the tear gas during a protest for retired army soldiers and other protesters who are demanding better pay, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break through the fence leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut Wednesday amid widespread anger over the harsh economic conditions in the country. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





Lebanese soldier from the Government Guard unit, fires tear gas against retired army soldiers and other protesters who are protesting demanding better pay, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





Retired army soldiers and other protesters who are protesting demanding better pay, clashes with Lebanese army and riot police, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break through the fence leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut Wednesday amid widespread anger over the harsh economic conditions in the country. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





A protester launches fireworks at the Lebanese Central Bank building as frustrated depositors rally against Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh, who is facing corruption charges, and the deepening financial crisis in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 24, 2023. Thursday, the IMF gave a grim assessment of Lebanon's prospects for getting out of its deepening financial crisis, saying that without reforms, the country is headed for hyperinflation. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)





Protesters try to remove the barbed wire fence forming the security perimeter outside the government palace headquarters in the centre of Beirut on March 22, 2023 during a demonstration by retired Lebanese army and security forces veterans demanding inflation-adjustments to their pensions. (Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP Photo)





A protester throws a glass bottle at the Lebanese Central Bank building during a protest by frustrated depositors rallying against Central Bank's Gov. Riad Salameh, who is facing corruption charges, and the deepening financial crisis in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 24, 2023. Thursday, the IMF gave a grim assessment of Lebanon's prospects for getting out of its deepening financial crisis, saying that without reforms, the country is headed for hyperinflation. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)





Fireworks explode in the hands of a protester launching it at the Lebanese Central Bank building as frustrated depositors rally against Central Bank's Gov. Riad Salameh, who is facing corruption charges, and the deepening financial crisis in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)





Members of Muslim Scout Association hold decorations during a rally to welcome the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Sidon, Lebanon on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Retired members of the Lebanese security remove barbed wire barricade during a protest outside Lebanon's Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, 30 March 2023. Hundreds of retired members of the Lebanese security gather outside Lebanon's central bank to demand inflation adjustments to their pensions. According to the Lebanese the Central Administration of Statistics, Consumer Price Index recorded an annual increase of about 190 percent in February 2023 compared to same month last year, and an increase of about 26 percent from January 2023. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA)





A whirling dervish performs at a restaurant during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Saida (Sidon) on April 1, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP Photo)





A photo taken on April 3, 2023 shows a woman selling dates in the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Brajneh during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Beirut's southern suburbs. Muslims follow the tradition set by the prophet Mohammed whom believers say used to break his fast by eating dates and drinking goat's milk during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The dawn-to-dusk fast is conceived as a spiritual struggle against the seduction of earthly pleasures, but the evening iftar festive meals traditionally bring families together during Ramadan. (Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP Photo)





Pigeons perch on the bullet-riddled roof of the unfinished “Egg” theatre building in the centre of Beirut on April 13, 2023, damaged during the course of the country's fifteen-year-long civil war. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)





A boy stands in the balcony of a building ravaged by Lebanon's Civil War, in Beirut's southern Shayah district on April 13, 2023. The Lebanese civil war broke out on April 13, 1975 and ended in 1990 with the Taef agreement. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)





A woman shouts slogans, as she holds a portrait for Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 14, 2023. Since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, the rallies marking what is also known as al-Quds Day have typically been held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





Hezbollah al-Mahdi scouts, carry a replica of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, as they march during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, at the Lebanese-Israeli border village of Kfar Kila, south Lebanon, Friday, April 14, 2023. Since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, the rallies marking what is also known as al-Quds Day have typically been held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo)





Retired members of the Lebanese security forces and other protesters scuffle with Lebanese army after they removed a barbed-wire barrier in order to advance towards government buildings during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Earlier in the day, Lebanon's Parliament voted to postpone municipal elections in the crisis-stricken country that had been planned for May 2023 by up to a year. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)





Tear gas canisters fired over retired members of the Lebanese security forces and other protesters, who were trying to advance towards government buildings during a protest demanding better pay and living conditions in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday April 18, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





A retired member of Lebanese security forces uses a plastic bag to protect him self from tear gas during clashing with the Lebanese army and riot police during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)