Lebanon's Electrical Grid Shuts Down After Oil-Powered Power Stations Run Out Of Fuel

Daily Mail: Lebanon runs out of power: Country of six million is plunged into darkness 'for days' as electricity grid shuts down after oil-powered power stations run out of fuel

* Lights go out in Lebanon as biggest two power stations shut due to fuel shortage

* Energy network unlikely to be restored for 'several days', according to officials

* Nation has faced many blackouts and shortages since end of civil war in 1990

Lebanon has no centrally-generated electricity after the country's biggest two power stations shut down due to a fuel shortage.

'The Lebanese power network completely stopped working at noon today, and it is unlikely that it will work until next Monday, or for several days,' a government official confirmed today.

The thermoelectric plant has stopped at Zahrani power station, after the Deir Ammar plant stopped on Friday due after diesel supplies were reportedly exhausted.

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WNU Editor: Lebanon is a failed state. It is amazing that this has not resulted in civil war.

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