Egypt’s Sisi offers to Lebanon’s Hariri
EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has expressed full support for visiting Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad al-Hariri in his efforts to form a cabinet and resolve a crippling economic and political crisis. Lebanon is battling an economic meltdown dubbed by the World Bank as one of the deepest depressions in modern history. The financial crisis, which has propelled more than half of the population into poverty and seen the value of the currency drop by more than 90% in nearly two years, has been deepened by political deadlock. Egypt holds diplomatic weight in the region and has provided some aid to…