Lebanon grapples with 'export deadlock' amid Syrian war

Al Jazeera

During a heated meeting last month, the Lebanese government agreed to subsidise the shipping of agricultural goods by sea, three months after the closure of the Syrian-Jordanian border.

Before the war in Syria, exported goods from Lebanon would travel through Syria towards Iraq and Turkey. But passage to both countries has been closed since the outbreak of violence.

From: Al Jazeera FULL STORY