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Two killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

In the two months from November 27 to Monday, Israel killed at least 83 people in Lebanon

Middle East crisis: Protests at Rafah crossing following Trump proposal to move people from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan – as it happened

Middle East crisis: Protests at Rafah crossing following Trump proposal to move people from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan – as it happened

Hundreds gather at Rafah crossing after Donald Trump says people from Gaza will accept being moved to Egypt and Jordan because ‘we do a lot for them’

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‘Our seeds, our roots’: Sowing hope as Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon

‘Our seeds, our roots’: Sowing hope as Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon

An agroecological collective in the Bekaa Valley has built a ‘seed library’ to preserve the region’s farming heritage.

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Traumatised horses saved from Israel’s bombs find refuge in Bekaa Valley

As Israel carpet-bombs Lebanon, one horse owner created a haven for horses who survived the shelling.

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Lebanon

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the escalation of fighting in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel, council president Slovenia said Tuesday. Lebanon’s health ministry reported that at least 569 people had been killed in two consecutive days of Israeli strikes across the country.…

Cash Is King in Lebanon as Banks Atrophy

The money exchange shop in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley was buzzing with business. Cellphones pinged endlessly and employees shouted out various rates as customers flocked in carrying plastic bags of the crashing local currency to buy US dollars. "Welcome to the Wall Street of Lebanon," grinned the storefront's owner, a machine…

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How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change

Some of the tens of thousands of seeds stored at a facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley may hold keys to helping the planet's food supply adapt to climate change. Many seeds were saved from Syria's war.

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Scores of Syrian Refugees Head Home from Lebanon

Scores of Syrian Refugees Head Home from Lebanon

Scores of Syrian refugees headed home Saturday from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the “voluntary return” Saturday included 330 Syrians who left from the eastern…

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Syrian Refugees Cling on in Türkiye, Lebanon as Fears over Coerced Returns Grow

Syrian Refugees Cling on in Türkiye, Lebanon as Fears over Coerced Returns Grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up. Rights groups fear the program may not be as voluntary as it purports to be, at a…

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Syrian refugees cling on in Turkey, Lebanon as fears over coerced returns grow

Syrian refugees cling on in Turkey, Lebanon as fears over coerced returns grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up.

Lebanon Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle Drugs to Saudi Arabia

Lebanon Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle Drugs to Saudi Arabia

The Lebanese authorities announced thwarting an attempt to smuggle drugs to Saudi Arabia on board a truck intended for land transport. Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Twitter that the Information Division in the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) accomplished a new and qualitative achievement and…

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