Lebanon crisis: Tripoli struggles against economic collapse

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Decades of mismanagement and corruption have led to the near collapse of Lebanon’s political system and its economy.

Nowhere is that more evident than in Tripoli.

Successive governments are blamed for neglecting its rich heritage.

Al Jazeera’s @Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli, northern Lebanon.

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Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of Western Asia, and the transcontinental region of the Middle East.

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