Yearender: Lebanon looks to 2025 for peace, recovery after a year of turmoil

by Dana Halawi

BEIRUT, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon faces multiple crises as 2024 draws to a close, grappling with the aftermath of a destructive conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, a prolonged financial collapse since 2019, and ongoing political paralysis marked by the failure to elect a new president.

The war, which erupted on Oct. 8, 2023, after Hezbollah opened a support front for Gaza following Ham