United States

Worsening prospects in the Gulf area and decrease oil costs have affected vital numbers of Lebanese expatriates in oil-producing Gulf states. In 2018, the World Bank linked the problem to the November 2017 disaster between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia which involved address claims that Prime Minister Hariri was being held captive and forced to resign. A deep distrust of politicians, an absence of a functioning government for lengthy periods of time and ongoing geopolitical disputes have hampered these efforts.