Bekaa


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Bekaa

(bɪˈkɑː) or

Beqaa

n
(Placename) a broad valley in central Lebanon, between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains. Ancient name: Coelesyria
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The Lebanese Forces (LF) has warned against possible unrest in the Bekaa Valley which could lead to security breaches, according to a report in the Beirut daily AN NAHAR on Tuesday.
Internal Security Forces raided a butcher's shop in the industrial zone in Zahleh in the Bekaa Valley and confiscated 350 kg of frozen meat that had gone off, leftist newspaper AS SAFIR reported on Friday.
Summary: The Internal Security Forces arrested 96 Syrian nationals in the Bekaa for allegedly entering Lebanon illegally, alongside three alleged people smugglers, an ISF statement reported Saturday
ABANDONED BABY GIRLA 3-month-old baby girl was found by an Army patrol in the town of Suweiri in Western Bekaa Tuesday morning.
Summary: Speaker Nabih Berri Wednesday called on the Lebanese state to reassert its authority in the Bekaa Valley by ordering the Lebanese Army and security forces to crack down on criminals threatening the region.
The delegation also visited the Bekaa Valley, meeting with local officials and beneficiaries of a USAID water project in the Bekaa's Al-Rassieh.
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