Beirut's $13 chicken sandwich becomes symbol of Lebanon divide

Straits Times25 October 2026, 10:10 UTCLebanon

BEIRUT, Oct 25 - Seven years after Lebanon’s devastating financial meltdown, a debate over a chicken sandwich has exposed an increasingly stark divide between those who can still spend freely and those struggling to get by.

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