The American Task Force on Lebanon held a virtual webinar on Thursday, August 5 to mark the one-year anniversary of the August 4 Beirut Port explosions.
The presentations focused on four themes:
- The status of US-Lebanon relations and US assistance to Lebanon, noting challenges to building relations with a potential new government
- Assessing the role of the United Nations and the international community in promoting reforms
- An update on the rapidly declining socio-economic conditions on Lebanese society including the brain drain, health, and education services
- Lebanon’s instability and the interests of external actors such as Syria, Iran, Turkey, Israel, Russia.