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Lebanon's Postwar Reconstruction Is at a Standstill

19/03/2025

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NABATIEH, Lebanon - After more than a year of tit-for-tat airstrikes and several months of higher-intensity combat, the devastating war between Hezbollah and Israel ended with a ceasefire in late November 2024. In addition to the nearly 4,000 people ki...

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