Lebanon will reimpose a four-day lockdown starting on Wednesday following an uptick in cases. The spate of fresh infections is linked in part to repatriation flights to return its citizens from abroad. FRANCE 24 correspondent Leila Molana-Allen says the country had been one of 15 to have successfully flattened the curve, in recent weeks recording less than five new cases every day.
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France is a republic and the largest Western European nation. Through expansion and colonisation in the 17th and 18th centuries France became a great power and still retains territories around the world. It has a seat on the UN security council and is the world’s fourth most wealthy country with a high standard of living and strong cultural identity.
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The official language, Arabic, is the most common language spoken by the citizens of Lebanon. Its capital is Beirut.
Lebanon was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and is a member of the Arab League (1945), the Non-Aligned Movement (1961), Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (1969), and the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (1973).