Lebanon fuel crisis explained: Why is country suffering repeated blackouts?

Lebanon fuel crisis explained: Why is country suffering repeated blackouts?

Not for the first time in recent months, the power has gone out in Lebanon.

Already contending with what has been described by the World Bank as one of the world’s worst economic crises in 150 years, the country is also facing rolling blackouts – which have further disrupted daily life for millions and have threatened Lebanon’s water supplies and health system.

In the latest collapse, notable for its severity, the country’s two largest power stations, al Zahrani and Deir Ammar, were forced to shut down, reportedly as a result of fuel shortages.