Caretaker PM urges Qatar to help Lebanon avert ‘total collapse’ amid huge Economic Crisis

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has called on Qatar to assist the cash-strapped Arab country to overcome its devastating economic crisis. People are angry with the surging cost of living and what they view as the government’s mishandling of the country’s worst financial crisis in decades. Diab met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Monday evening. He also attended an iftar banquet organized by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani. He earlier held talks with several prominent Qatari ministers and officials. “Lebanon has reached the brink of…