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Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan
The UN refugee agency in Lebanon hopes that 200,000 Syrian refugees will return to Syria by the end of the year under a new ...
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5 years on: the health legacy of the Beirut port blast
The 2020 port explosion in Beirut killed more than 250 people and injured 7000. 5 years later, many Beirutis still suffer physical and mental ill effects. Clotilde Bigot reports from Lebanon.
Lebanon sentences six in killing of UN peacekeeper, main defendant gets death penalty
Lebanon’s military court has convicted six people for killing a U.N. peacekeeper, according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ...
Lebanon mourns iconic composer Ziad Rahbani as mother Fayrouz makes rare appearance
Hundreds of people in Lebanon have paid tribute to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the ...
Ziad Rahbani, Composer Who Defined a Tragic Era in Lebanon, Dies at 69
A son of Lebanese musical icons, he became one himself, with satirical critiques of his country’s dysfunction that melded ...
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Beirut Explosion Could Worsen Lebanon's Economic Crisis
Beirut's destroyed port seen after the massive explosion one day earlier, on Aug. 5 Hassan Ammar—AP Wounded people walk through the debris in the heart of Beirut following a twin explosion that ...
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People in Beirut reflect on what they've lost 2 years after port blasts ...
An explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in Lebanon's biggest seaport in 2020 has left deep trauma in the Lebanese psyche. Opera singer Michel Bou Rjeilly says Beirut will never be the same.
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Four killed in Thursday's Israeli strikes on south, east Lebanon
A series of Israeli air strikes killed four people, Beirut's Ministry of Health said Friday, offering a toll for attacks that took place the day before.The Israeli military said on Thursday that it ...