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U.S. Targets Lebanon’s Elite for Corruption | Lebanon News
The U.S. Treasury slams sanctions on top Lebanese figures—contractors Jihad Al-Arab and Dany Khoury, plus lawmaker Jamil Sayyed—for alleged corruption, targeting allies of ex-PM Saad al-Hariri and exposing how billions vanish while ordinary citizens starve under capital controls. Al-Arab allegedly funneled $200M in contracts; Khoury’s landfill deal cost $142M but dumped toxic waste without solving Lebanon’s garbage crisis. Sayyed faces accusations of moving $120M abroad illegally. While Bassil denies ties to Khoury, Sayyed defiantly calls the U.S. an aggressor, challenging them to a visa…
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