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Lebanese banks to suspend open-ended strike at PM’s request

FILE - a woman uses an ATM outside a closed Arab Bank branch, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Lebanon's struggling banks have decided to suspend their weekslong strike Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, for one week following a request by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - riot police stand guard in front of a bank after Lebanese depositors scuffle with riot police as they try to storm another bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Lebanon's struggling banks have decided to suspend their weekslong strike Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, for one week following a request by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Lebanese clients wait outside a private bank for the opening after two weeks of closer, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Lebanon's struggling banks have decided to suspend their weekslong strike Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, for one week following a request by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanese banks to suspend open-ended strike at PM’s request