by Paula Astih | Apr 27, 2014 | Features
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Lebanon and the United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) struggle to deal with the impact of the more than 1 million Syrian refugees registered in the country, they have come under increasing criticism of lack of support from...
by Nazeer Rida | Mar 12, 2014 | Features
Hermel, Asharq Al-Awsat—Luliana Allam, an agricultural engineer of Romanian origin, checks on the flowers she said she planted in the Lebanese town of Hermel, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the Syrian border, in an attempt to brighten the image of the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Reuters—A suicide car bomber killed three people at a petrol station in a stronghold of the Shi’ite militant Hezbollah movement on Lebanon’s northern border on Saturday, the latest sign that Syria’s civil war is spilling over into its small...
by Nazeer Rida | Jan 16, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least three people were killed and scores were injured in a car bomb that targeted the Lebanese town of Hermel, 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the Syrian border, early on Thursday as the trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members charged...
