Also in the summary, in Lebanon, 60 days after the explosion which disfigured the port of Beirut, the capital seems frozen in time.

The victims are still struggling to find new accommodation, and this accident has been grafted onto a serious economic crisis, in the context of endless political instability.

The resigning prime minister, Moustapha Adib, has given up on forming a government, despite pressure from the French president.

Report from our colleagues from France 2.

Finally, in Iraq, with the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors have become prime targets.

Faced with the desperation of the population and the lack of infrastructure in hospitals, patients and their families lose their cool, while doctors are often on the front line.

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