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      The train to Damascus at Samakh station, at the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee, early 1920s. Photo: LoC Matson Collection
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      Can the age of Middle East train travel return?

      It was once possible to take trains from the Mediterranean to modern-day Saudi Arabia

      WeekendJune 17, 2022
      Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, cespeaks during a press conference about Sunday's parliamentary elections, at the interior ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 16, 2022. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and its allies suffered losses in this weekend's parliamentary elections, with preliminary results Monday showing some of their most vocal opponents picking up more seats and several of their traditional partners routed out of the legislature. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar)
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      Lebanon's Interior Minister announces partial results of elections

      Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Al Mawlawi has announced partial results of Lebanon's parliamentary elections

      LebanonMay 16, 2022
      An election worker shows a ballot to parliamentary candidates representatives, after the close of a polling station, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Lebanese voted for a new parliament Sunday against the backdrop of an economic meltdown that is transforming the country and low expectations that the election would significantly alter the political landscape. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)
      Play16:09:57
      Polls close and vote counting begins in Lebanon's elections

      Election officials began to count votes in Lebanon's parliamentary elections after voting closed.

      LebanonMay 15, 2022
      Beirut voters split on change in Lebanon
      Play24:13:30
      Beirut voters split on change in Lebanon

      Some want wholesale change of political class, while others remain loyal to established parties

      LebanonMay 15, 2022
      Lama Ramadan poses in front of a building in Beirut. (Finbar Anderson / The National)
      Play31:49:20
      Why one Lebanese woman will vote for the first time in her life

      Lama Ramadan plans to vote for the first time in her life in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Lebanon. She's fed up, primarily with the lack of accountability enjoyed by the political classes.

      LebanonMay 14, 2022
      Explainer: How to vote in Lebanon's parliamentary elections
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      Explainer: How to vote in Lebanon's parliamentary elections

      Nissrine Chahine takes The National through the necessary steps to register a vote in Lebanon's parliamentary elections.

      LebanonMay 13, 2022
      Amid Dandachi, 38, speaks to reporters in Tripoli, Lebanon on April 25, 2022 after surviving the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of the northern city. Reuters
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      Beyond the Headlines: desperation to death at sea
      Beyond the HeadlinesMay 06, 2022
      Glasses of jallab, which are often served during Ramadan.
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      Postcard from Lebanon: why jallab is still the Ramadan drink of choice

      Nostalgia surrounds beverage made from syrup of rose water and date molasses

      WeekendApril 22, 2022
      Asmae El-Moudir on set with a colleague.
      Play33:45:14
      Five female Arab filmmakers receive Netflix grant, helping bring their work to life

      Netflix offers a one-time grant to five women producers and directors in the Arab world - from Tunisia, Lebanon and Morocco - to bring their fiction and non-fiction projects to life

      MENAApril 21, 2022
      Ramadan means booming business for Beirut juice shop
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      Ramadan means booming business for Beirut juice shop

      Times are tough in Lebanon, but Ramadan is always busy for this Beirut juice shop.

      LebanonApril 20, 2022
      Isolated community celebrates Easter at ancient mountain monastery in Lebanon
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      Isolated community celebrates Easter at ancient mountain monastery in Lebanon

      Nestled in the Qadisha Valley, the Deir Qannoubine monastery has for centuries been a refuge for Christians fleeing persecution

      LebanonApril 15, 2022
      Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari leaves after meeting with the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, in Beirut, Lebanon April 11, 2022. REUTERS / Mohamed Azakir
      Play8:30:13
      Saudi ambassador visits Lebanon's president

      Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon visited President Michel Aoun, in a sign of thawing relations between the two countries.

      LebanonApril 14, 2022
      New candidates enter turbulent world of Lebanese politics
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      New candidates enter turbulent world of Lebanese politics

      New candidates and political campaigners enter the rough-and-tumble world of Lebanese politics.

      LebanonApril 11, 2022
      Col Khalil inspects his troops from a distance. Photo: Finbar Anderson / The National
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      Lebanon's skiing army commander confident mountain base will survive long winter

      'The National' visits the snow-covered Youssef Rahme Barracks in the peaks above Bcharre

      MENAApril 06, 2022
      Behind the scenes at Lebanon's historic army ski school
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      Behind the scenes at Lebanon's historic army ski school

      Take a look inside the Lebanese army's mountain ski academy.

      LebanonApril 05, 2022
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