Lebanon wakes up in two time zones as clock change row deepens divisions


  • World
  • Sunday, 26 Mar 2023

A car drives near a clock tower in Jdeideh, Lebanon March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to delay the clock change by a month.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati decided on Thursday not to start daylight savings time over the last weekend of March - as usually happens in Lebanon, Europe and other regions - but instead to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20.

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