To top it off, international organizations and world leaders have pledged roughly $300 million in emergency aid to Beirut, with the caveat that Lebanese authorities must commit themselves to sweeping political and economic reforms, a classic example of the carrot and the stick.
It is unclear whether the Lebanese government will be able to meet the aid parameters.
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