New One Billion Dollar US Embassy in Lebanon

The US announced plans to build the new embassy in 2017 and the compound has been under construction ever since. Many have questioned why the US needs to build what will be the world’s second-largest embassy in the world after the American embassy in Baghdad, given that the Mediterranean country is home to only six million people and is currently facing a financial crisis. “This is bigger than the Pentagon,” one Twitter user said. “ What’s planned for this compound other than issuing visas???”