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      For Sunniva's Fneidek trees piece - The midday sun shines through the leaves of a forest above the town of Fneidek in north Lebanon. Photo: Finbar Anderson / The National
      Play23:47:54
      Lebanon's ancient forests under threat as winter starts to bite

      Lebanon's ancient forests are being damaged as local people try to find ways to heat their homes before winter sets in. Oil has become unaffordable amid the country's economic crisis.

      LebanonOctober 19, 2021
      Residents assess the damage after deadly Beirut clashes
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      Residents assess the damage after deadly Beirut clashes

      Local residents returned to their homes and work the day after deadly clashes hit the Beirut suburb of Tayouneh.

      LebanonOctober 15, 2021
      A general view of Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, 10 September 2021 (issued 17 September 2021). Rafik Hariri University Hospital, like many other hospitals in Lebanon, is suffering from the effects of the deep economic crisis in the country. The Department of Haematology and Oncology at the clinic is particularly affected by the lack of drugs for cancer treatment. The shortage of palliative medicines and the increasing cost of treatments - when almost 80 percent of the Lebanese population is living in poverty, according to the UN - adds to the struggle of thousands of cancer patients in the country. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
      Play23:24:48
      Meet the man struggling to keep the lights on at Beirut's biggest hospital

      Last year, Hassan Maaz had to run his backup generators at Rafic Hariri University Hospital for around 80 hours over the whole year. This year, he's hitting that number approximately every three days. Patients' lives are on the line.

      LebanonOctober 13, 2021
      Beirut blast victims protest against probe interference
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      Beirut blast victims protest against probe interference

      Families of victims of the deadly Beirut port explosion gathered to protest against interventions by some former politicians that attempted to have the judge leading the official investigation removed from his post.

      LebanonOctober 04, 2021
      Tamin Abdo, right, with his mother in their home/restaurant kitchen
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      Lebanese chef sets up restaurant in his backyard: 'We want to make food, to be happy'

      Tamin Abdo of Tamin's Kitchen wants to do something amid the country's crisis rather than feel 'useless'

      FoodSeptember 26, 2021
      Lebanese chef serves up community spirit with Italian food
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      Lebanese chef serves up community spirit with Italian food

      A Lebanese chef set up an Italian restaurant in his parents' garden, hoping to revive the community spirit of Lebanon's protest movement.

      LebanonSeptember 26, 2021
      A screen on a gasoline pump reads, "Fail," after the latest increase in fuel prices with most meters unable to accommodate the new five digit price for one liter of gas, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The technical problem forced most gas stations to shut down, despite the long queues of vehicles waiting to fill up their tanks. Lebanon's new government raised the price of fuel on Wednesday by 16%, the second time in five days, part of a gradual lifting of subsidies in the crisis-struck country. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)
      Play14:16:53
      Drivers furious at spiralling fuel prices in Lebanon

      Lebanon has raised petrol prices for the second consecutive week, signalling that fuel subsidies may be coming to an end. Twenty litres of petrol on Wednesday were priced at 203,000 Lebanese pounds, up by 16 per cent from last week.

      LebanonSeptember 22, 2021
      Lebanese soldiers wave Lebanese and Spanish flags to show their solidarity with Spain after the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, on Mkheirameh Mountain, that was captured from ISIL, in north-eastern Lebanon. Lebanese Army Website via AP
      Play23:50:45
      Lebanese army can't feed or pay its soldiers

      Lebanon's economic crisis is having a devastating impact on one of the country's most revered institutions: its army.

      LebanonSeptember 22, 2021
      Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati attends a plenary session of Parliament in the presence of the majority of parliamentary blocs at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 September 2021. Lebanese Parliament is holding a session where Prime Minister Najib Mikati will deliver a statement on government��������s action plan before holding a vote of confidence. The meeting is delayed by more than an hour due to a power outage. EPA / NABIL MOUNZER
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      Lebanese parliament meets to approve government - despite power cuts

      Lebanon's government convened on Monday to give a vote of confidence in a new government. Proceedings were delayed, however, by power cuts. Electricity was eventually restored and the session went ahead.

      LebanonSeptember 20, 2021
      Fuel lines have caused chaos in Lebanon. At a fuel station outside Beirut, a fuel line snakes up a mountain.
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      Lebanon fuel line snakes down mountain

      Fuel lines have caused chaos in Lebanon. At one station outside Beirut, the queue snakes for hundreds of metres up the mountain.

      LebanonSeptember 19, 2021
      Lebanon fuel shortages worse than ever
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      Lebanon fuel shortages worse than ever

      Drivers queue overnight to try and get petrol in Beirut. Despite the formation of a new government, Lebanon is still in the grips of a fuel crisis.

      LebanonSeptember 18, 2021
      Lebanon teachers protest to demand higher salaries
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      Lebanon teachers protest to demand higher salaries

      Teachers from across Lebanon gathered to protest against their declining wages and deteriorating teaching conditions.

      LebanonSeptember 09, 2021
      Lebanese athlete Arz Zahreddine.
      Play27:43:17
      The tough journey to Tokyo for Lebanon's only Paralympian

      Lebanon's only representative at the 2020 Paralympic Games talks about his journey to Tokyo and how being bullied as a young boy inspired him to become an athlete.

      LebanonSeptember 02, 2021
      FILE PHOTO: People wait in cars to get fuel at a gas station in Zalka, Lebanon, August 20, 2021. REUTERS / Mohamed Azakir / File Photo
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      Lebanon's taxi drivers feel the effects of fuel crisis

      The price of fuel is skyrocketing in Lebanon and many petrol stations have shut, causing huge lines at those that remain open.

      LebanonAugust 26, 2021
      The Blast Episode 4: the fallout
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      The Blast Episode 4: the Beirut explosion one year on

      ‘The Fallout’ - The final instalment of a ‘Beyond the Headlines’ special four-part investigation into the Beirut explosion on August 4, 2020

      Beyond the HeadlinesAugust 05, 2021
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