Beirut Port freight activity dropped by 2.98% y-o-y to 2,474 thousand tons during the first five months of the current year compared to 2,550 thousand tons in the equivalent period last year.

The total number of passengers traveling via the Beirut International Airport dropped by 27.50% y-o-y to ~2.75 million passengers in the first seven months of 2026 down from 3.80 million passengers a year earlier.

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings, the international rating agency, affirmed on August 14, 2026 Lebanon’s long-term and short-term local currency ratings at “CCC+” and “C”, the country’s long-term and short-term foreign currency ratings at “SD”, while preserving the country’s long-term outlook in local currency.