Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 - 09:15 Vehicles queue for fuel at a gas station in the village of Msayleh, Lebanon March 16, 2021. (Reuters) Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat
With the imminent lifting of subsidies on basic supplies, a fuel crisis emerged in Lebanon in parallel with a further increase in the prices of food products, especially meat and poultry, which prompted the General Labor Union to threaten to take to the streets after Eid Al-Fitr holiday.
On Monday, a large number of gas stations abstained from supplying cars with gasoline, while long queues of vehicles waited since early morning to receive a maximum amount of 20 liters of gasoline, a ceiling set by the stations that decided to remain open.
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