...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
across the Mediterranean Sea, the army said
The military said 31 Syrians and 15 Lebanese were arrested Tuesday in several coastal towns and villages in northern 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..., including Minye, Salaata and Deir Am. The smugglers were getting ready to take "people through illegal ways by sea" and had prepared several boats, the army said.
It gave no further details but added that the detainees are being questioned.
For years Lebanon had been a country that received refugees from the region but since the small nation's economic meltdown began in October 2019, thousands of Lebanese, Syrians and Paleostinians have been trying to take the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean to reach Europe in search of stability and opportunities.
Alongside 1 million Syrian refugees, Lebanon is also home to tens of thousands of Paleostinian refugees and their descendants, many living in refugee camps scattered around the country.
A boat carrying