Tripoli poor areas suffer from 50 percent unemployment. Chronic illnesses are the most commonly reported health condition

Unemployment rates range from 55 to 60 percent in some Tripoli neighborhoods, according to the UN-Habitat and UNICEF Neighborhoods study of 2018. The areas under study are Jabal Mohsen, El-Qobbeh, and Tabbaneh.

The poverty rate reached 20 percent in Jabal Mohsen, 13 percent in El Qobbeh, and 14 percent in Tabbaneh.

According to the UNICEF, the poverty rate is a wealth index that includes households that have or do not have the following items: a fixed phone, radio, television, re...

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