UN delays dual-currency cash help to refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon
Published on: Friday 26 May 2023
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations has delayed a decision to give Syrian refugees in Lebanon cash help partly in U.S. dollars after objections from senior Lebanese officials that this could exacerbate tensions with hard-pressed locals. In a statement on Saturday the U.N. said that following Lebanese requests a decision had been made to temporarily pause the use of dollars alongside Lebanese
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