This story was originally published on Al Jazeera on November 18, 2022. By Alex Ray and Nizar Ghanem Today, Lebanon has an enormous $72bn hole in its national finances. That figure alone, by any measure of the law, maths or logic should mean that Lebanon’s banks are bankrupt. Yet since the onset of the financial crisis, Lebanon’s banks and their supposed regulator, the Banque du … Continue reading Lebanon bank holdups: Who is the real criminal?