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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Islamic State: Lebanon's economic collapse drives recruitment
2022-11-18
[BBC] Ahmed is still a teenager, but instead of studying he spends every day at work.

He lives in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, one of the poorest places on the Mediterranean. Despite the hours he puts in, he leaves with just a few dollars a week. He needs to support his sick mother, but his back-breaking manual job earns him barely enough to feed them both.
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