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March 30, 2020

Give Lebanon Medical Aid, but Don’t Help It Out of Its Financial Crisis

A bailout for Beirut is a bailout for Hizballah.

Earlier this month, Beirut announced that it intends to default on billions of dollars in foreign-currency bonds. It is now seeking Western assistance for its burgeoning financial crisis, which will no doubt be worsened by the coronavirus. Tony Badran and Jonathan Schanzer contend that such relief would be a gift to Hizballah:

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