In Lebanon it is business as usual against all the odds

The Irish News

On my annual trip to the Lebanon last month I was keen to see how the long-suffering Lebanese had coped with the violent anarchy on their doorstep in Syria.

As if 15 years of bloody civil war in their own country was not enough, the last thing that Lebanon needed was another one breaking out just across the border. Damascus is less than a couple of hours' drive from Beirut and Homs, which have seen some of the worst of the violence, and are only a few miles from the northern border of Lebanon.

Source: The Irish News FULL STORY