The project was launched in cooperation with the UNDP, the Ministry of Energy and Water, the International Center for Agrarian Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), the Scientific Research Office (LARI), and the Municipality of
Qabb Elias.
BAALBEK, Lebanon: Amer Khodr, a farmer from the town of
Qabb Elias in the central Bekaa, heads out to his field on the Maksah plain to plant corn, without having much hope of seeing a profit this year.
A statement issued by the Army said that after a pharmacy in Khaldeh was robbed on March 2, an investigation by Army intelligence personnel led to the arrests in
Qabb Elias, Zahle of four Lebanese and a man whose nationality is being investigated by the government.