Zipolowe zomwe zachitika sabata yatha zidawononga chuma cha Lebanon mpaka $600 miliyoni pachuma chomwe chidatayika ndipo chiwopsezocho chikhoza kukwera pomwe mavuto azandale akupitilira, adatero nduna ya zokopa alendo.
"Ndi tsoka chifukwa timakonzekera nyengo yabwino ngakhale tikukumana ndi mavuto andale," adatero Joe Sarkis poyankhulana ndi Beirut lero. "Ngati zinthu sizibwerera m'mbuyo nthawi yomweyo, monga momwe tilili mkati mwa Meyi, zikutanthauza kuti titaya chaka china."
Kumenyana pakati pa zigawenga zomwe zimagwirizana ndi chitsutso chotsogozedwa ndi Hezbollah komanso othandizira nduna yayikulu yaku Western Fouad Siniora kunachitika pa Meyi 7. Mkanganowu unachitika boma litathamangitsa mkulu wa chitetezo pabwalo la ndege la Beirut pabwalo la ndege la Beirut atapeza njira yowunikira pakompyuta yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Gulu la Shiite Hezbollah kuyang'anira ndege.
Mtsogoleri wa Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, yemwe gulu lake lidamenya nkhondo ya masiku 33 motsutsana ndi Israeli mu 2006, adati njira yake yolumikizirana ndi telefoni ndiyofunika kuteteza Lebanon kuti isawukidwe ndi Israeli. Boma dzulo lidathetsa chiletso chake choletsa kugwiritsa ntchito matelefoni ndi njira zowonera ndege.
Lebanon yataya ndalama chifukwa cha kutsekedwa kwa eyapoti, kuyimitsidwa kwa ndege komanso kuletsa kusungitsa malo kwa alendo, adatero Sarkis. Bwalo la ndege likadali lotsekedwa.
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"Munthawi yabwino, titha kuganizira ndalama zomwe zimachokera ku zokopa alendo komanso ndalama zofananirako pafupifupi $ 4 biliyoni pachaka," adatero Sarkis. "Chiyambireni nkhondo ya Julayi 2006 ndi Israel, sitinakhale ndi nyengo yabwinobwino yokopa alendo."
Nkhondo ya 2006 idayamba pambuyo poti gulu la Hezbollah lilanda asitikali awiri aku Israeli paulendo wodutsa malire. Nkhondoyo idasiya 1,100 aku Lebanoni atafa ndipo 163 Israeli.
Kupita patsogolo kwachuma mdziko muno kwapwetekedwanso ndi kusokonekera kwa ndale kwa miyezi 18 pakati pa gulu lolamulira la pro-Western ndi otsutsa omwe amathandizidwa ndi Syria. Lebanon yakhala yopanda mtsogoleri wa dziko kuyambira pa Nov. 23, pamene Emile Lahoud wothandizidwa ndi Syria adachoka kumapeto kwa nthawi yake. Aphungu alephera kusankha pulezidenti watsopano kakhumi ndi mphambu zisanu ndi zinayi.
Chuma chidakula mpaka 4 peresenti chaka chatha, Nduna ya Zachuma Jihad Azour adatero pafunso la Marichi 2. Chuma chinaima chaka chatha ndipo chinakula ndi 1 peresenti mu 2005, pamene Prime Minister wakale Rafiq Hariri anaphedwa.
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Kukhala m'mahotela a Beirut kudatsikira pa 38 peresenti mu 2007 kuchokera pa 48.6 peresenti mu 2006, malinga ndi kafukufuku wamakampani aku Middle East opangidwa ndi Deloitte & Touche.
"Zokopa alendo ndizofunikira kwambiri chifukwa ndi imodzi mwazinthu zomwe zimapezera ndalama zakunja," adatero Nassib Ghobril, wamkulu wa kafukufuku ku Byblos Bank. "Zidzatenga nthawi kuti mukhalenso ndi chidaliro chifukwa kusatsimikizika komwe kumachitika mobwerezabwereza kungapangitse ngakhale omwe akuchokera ku Lebanon kuti azizengereza nthawi ino."
Nkhondo yapachiweniweni ku Lebanon isanayambike mu 1975-1990, zokopa alendo zimayimira pafupifupi 20 peresenti ya zinthu zonse zapakhomo, adatero Sarkis.
"Ndikukhulupirira ndi khama la oyimira ligi ya Arab League ku Lebanon tsopano, tipeza zabwino ndipo titha kubwerera ndikupulumutsa nyengo yachilimwe," adatero Sarkis.
Nthumwi za mamembala 22 a Arab League ali ku Lebanon kuyesera kuthetsa mkanganowu pokakamiza magulu onse kuti abwerere kukakambirana ndikulamula owatsatira kuti apewe ziwawa.
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