An army soldier takes a tree branch from an anti-government protester who is blocking a major highway that links the capital Beirut to northern Lebanon, in the town of Nahr el-Kalb, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, January 3, 2020. Lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, while protests against corruption and mismanagement have gripped the country since October. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Women hold the Russian flags during an event organized by a group of Russia supporters to show solidarity with Moscow against Ukraine in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

A man passes by a wall with graffiti in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 29, 2019. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua News Agency/Alamy Live News)

Protesters shout as they hit a pole during ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon on November 19, 2019. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)

A man sleeps at Beirut's Corniche, a seaside promenade, in Lebanon May 2, 2016. (Photo by Alia Haju/Reuters)

A bank employee exits the bank through a window broken by attackers, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)

Members of the Russian Red Army Choir perform at Water Front Theatre in Beirut September 13, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A woman feeds cats at Mar Elias Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)