French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to a patient during a visit to Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut with French Health Minister Olivier Veran, right, on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a news conference in Beirut on September 1, 2020, during his second visit to Lebanon after the August 4 port explosion in the capital. Bloomberg
Emmanuel Macron plants a cedar tree alongside members of the NGO Jouzour Loubnan during a ceremony marking Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedar Reserve Forest, north-east of Beirut, on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron hugs a blast victim while attending a ceremony to mark Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedars Reserve Forest on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron meets former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri at the Pine Residence, the official residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon, in Beirut on August 31, 2020. Reuters
France's president with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun at the Presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai at the Pine Residence in Beirut. Bkerki Press Office / AFP
President Emmanuel Macron speak with speaks with Arnaud Tranchant, commander of the French helicopter carrier Tonnerre, off the port of Beirut on September 1, 2020. AFP
French jets perform a flypast over Beirut during Lebanon's centenary celebrations on September 1, 2020. Bloomberg
French President Emmanuel Macron meets UN representatives and NGOs at Beirut port. AFP
Emmanuel Macron gestures toward a board as he meets the military mobilised to help to rebuild the Beirut port. via AP
Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media outside the French ambassador's residence in Beirut. Bloomberg
The French president poses for selfies after a news conference at the Pine Residence in Beirut on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to a patient during a visit to Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut with French Health Minister Olivier Veran, right, on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a news conference in Beirut on September 1, 2020, during his second visit to Lebanon after the August 4 port explosion in the capital. Bloomberg
Emmanuel Macron plants a cedar tree alongside members of the NGO Jouzour Loubnan during a ceremony marking Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedar Reserve Forest, north-east of Beirut, on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron hugs a blast victim while attending a ceremony to mark Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedars Reserve Forest on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron meets former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri at the Pine Residence, the official residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon, in Beirut on August 31, 2020. Reuters
France's president with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun at the Presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai at the Pine Residence in Beirut. Bkerki Press Office / AFP
President Emmanuel Macron speak with speaks with Arnaud Tranchant, commander of the French helicopter carrier Tonnerre, off the port of Beirut on September 1, 2020. AFP
French jets perform a flypast over Beirut during Lebanon's centenary celebrations on September 1, 2020. Bloomberg
French President Emmanuel Macron meets UN representatives and NGOs at Beirut port. AFP
Emmanuel Macron gestures toward a board as he meets the military mobilised to help to rebuild the Beirut port. via AP
Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media outside the French ambassador's residence in Beirut. Bloomberg
The French president poses for selfies after a news conference at the Pine Residence in Beirut on September 1, 2020. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to a patient during a visit to Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut with French Health Minister Olivier Veran, right, on September 1, 2020. AFP
Emmanuel Macron dives head first into murky waters of Lebanese politics
French president is relying on Beirut’s political class to make changes that would undermine them