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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(12 Jun 1983) SYND LEBANON: Economy in the Bekaa Valley is badly hit because
22.6.83 of tension between Israeli and Syrian troops. Farmers have
LN106323 been unable to harvest the crops and shops and
restaurants are closing down.
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LEBANON SHOWS: Syrian positions on hill; cherry trees; dead cherries
Bekaa on trees; cherries on ground; cherry trees in no-mans-land;
Valley rough land in the area (not attended to for couple of years
as Syrians do not allow farmers to go to their farms); sheep
eating grass; sheep eating lettuce that farmers could not
collect due to tension and location of fields; unploughed
land; SHOTS textile plant closed due to situation); interview.
worker who explains why plant not working (English); interview
(French) with worker on economic situation in Valley; SHOTS
markets in town; closed shops; thin traffic in city; almost
deserted streets (Date Shot:12.6.83)
ENG 525(French) WTN/POPOV 12.00mins
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