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Lebanon army arrests 134 Europe-bound migrants
[AlAhram] The Lebanese army arrested 134 migrants colonists near the northern border with Syria on Saturday after foiling their attempt to take a boat to Europe, it said in a statement.

The group of would-be migrants colonists -- made up of 130 Syrians and four Lebanese nationals -- were taken into custody in the coastal town of Sheikh Zennad, in Akkar province, the army statement said.

The army said it also detained "the criminal mastermind behind the operation" who was a Lebanese national.

In a separate statement, Lebanese armed forces said they had arrested 150 Syrians who had crossed into Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
 illegally in another part of Akkar province.

Lebanon is mired in what the World Bank describes as one of the worst economic crises in modern history.

The economic collapse has turned the country into a launchpad for migrants colonists, with its own citizens joining Syrian and Paleostinian refugees clamouring to leave by taking dangerous sea routes.

Authorities say Lebanon currently hosts around two million Syrians, while more than 800,000 are registered with the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
 -- the highest number of refugees per capita in the world.

Moslem colonists Migrants departing from Lebanon head for Europe, with one of the of the main destinations being Cyprus, only 175 kilometres (110 miles) away.
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