Najib Mikati, Lebanon's prime minister designate, speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, July 26, 2021. Lebanons president tasked Najib Mikati, a billionaire businessman and former premier, with forming a new government, the third attempt in less than a year as the country scrambles to escape a spiraling economic crisis. Photographer: Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images