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Algeria to supply Lebanon with fuel for power stations

A view shows the exterior of Lebanon's Electricity Company and residential buildings during sunset, in Beirut
August 18, 2024
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on Sunday, after Lebanon's electricity company said the day before its supplies were exhausted.

Lebanon has not had round-the-clock power since the 1990s and cash transfers to Lebanon's state electricity company, Electricitรฉ du Liban (EDL) to cover chronic losses have contributed tens of billions of dollars to the country's huge public debt.

EDL on Saturday announced a complete nationwide power outage, including at critical facilities such as the airport.

It said then power supply would resume gradually once new fuel supplies were secured, either through a swap agreement with Iraq or other sources.

The Algerian state radio statement did not give any detail.

(Reporting By Ahmed Tolba, Riham Alkousaa and Jaidaa Taha; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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