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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury.(AFP)

Macron says France doesn’t want to run Lebanon

He said he was asked by people in the street to 'return to the mandate' when Lebanon was a French protectorate a century ago

07 Aug 2020 11:40 AM


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