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Lebanese Labor Ministry raids, closes shops across Lebanon

Labor Minister Camille Abousleiman said Wednesday his ministry’s inspectors shuttered 20 shops as part of its crackdown on undocumented foreign labor, after the one-month grace period he gave employers to apply for a work permit ended. “Our goal is to regulate foreign labor and grant work...

Regime threatens ex-prisoner with torture of his family

Syrian man jailed by the Bashar al-Assad regime has haunting memories of unbearable torture and abuse in the interrogation centers.   Jamal Abidin Najjar, a mechanical engineer, was detained while he was traveling from Syria to Lebanon as a warrant had been issued for his arrest...