Border Tensions: Lebanese Army Clashes with Syrian Gunmen

This is Beirut, 2025-01-03 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Multiple people were injured in Friday’s firefight between Syrian gunmen and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the town of Maarboun in the Baalbeck caza, which escalated security events near the Syrian border. Furthermore, in Akkar, armed Syrians crossed the border to illegally cut down trees. According to a statement issued by the Lebanese ...

The Profane Syriac Maronite Literature of the 19th-20th Centuries

Amine Jules Iskandar, 2024-06-30 09:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)

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  Maronite literary production in the Syriac language continued well into the 20th century with poets celebrating Lebanon and its great figures. This literature preserved the heritage of the past, conveying a sense of national identity through the culture and musicality of the language. In the realm of secular Maronite literature in the Syriac ...

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