Saturday, Lebanon’s two biggest power stations, al Zahrani and the Deir Ammar, shut down due to fuel shortage, a government official told Reuters.

This left the country in complete darkness.

The two power stations stopped working after supplies of diesel were apparently exhausted and energy production dropped to below 200 megawatts.

According to the source, the power shortage is expected to last for a few days.

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Thursday, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati expressed her hope that electricity will be delivered to Lebanon by the end of the current year.

“We hope to deliver electricity to Lebanon by the end of this year,” Zawati said.