June 18, 2020 Meet the Middle East

Lebanese rush to buy dollars as black market thrives

The Lebanese are finding that buying dollars requires an early rise, good reserves of patience and a sense of humor. For the third day in a row Thursday, they found themselves crammed together in the hundreds, waiting hours to buy modest sums of the greenback from licensed exchange houses..
Source: Albawaba
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