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Lebanon sliding rapidly towards failed state status

It is being consumed by wider regional power games while economy is in meltdown

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Jonathan Eyal Global Affairs Correspondent In London, Jonathan Eyal

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Britain has joined other major Western countries in warning its citizens not to travel to Lebanon.
The move amounts to a further economic blow to a Middle Eastern country that used to be a magnet for tourists but is now facing political meltdown on top of a catastrophic economic decline.
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