Lebanon is running out of gas

Lebanon is running out of gas

BEIRUT — In Lebanon this month, many students aren't going to school, people aren't working at their offices and the anti-government street protests have reignited.

This time, however, it's not because the coronavirus, it's about gasoline — or rather the almost total lack of it.

In a country that has become no stranger to crisis, the fuel shortage is the latest in a series of catastrophes, ranging from an economic collapse that has shrunk the currency to a tenth of its value, a pandemic that has shuttered the doors of many businesses and a blast last summer that killed over 200 people and devastated much of central Beirut.