Apparently, on the ground this has not been smooth sailing, but I am not here to judge how the operation went, but rather the ads that preceded it. Libanpost and General Security as back in full swing (I distinctly remember they were so long ago, this is how I got my passport renewed back in the day). "Without begging or emotional blackmail", "ask for it and it shall be delivered", the ads are quite fierce it terms of how things used to go. I know someone who knows someone who can get you an early/privileged access.
So this is how it Libanpost tried to sway people to get their operations done in Lebanon. Apparently it worked, but Lebanon being Lebanon, there was power cuts, one employee for a full line of people, and a lot of chaos as to how things were to be done. But well, I guess the intentions were good.