Download Syria Crisis Hurts Lebanese Farmers

Published August 01, 2012

The 17-month long conflict in Syria has harmed neighboring Lebanon's agriculture sector, which employs about 15 percent of the population. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley that with nearly 80 percent of Lebanon's exports passing through Syria, recent closings of the main border crossing to commercial traffic have Lebanon's farmers fearful that, if the conflict continues, their livelihoods will be devastated.

叙利亚危机影响黎巴嫩农场主

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