recommendations for places

Hello everyone,

I'm Lebanese and currently living in Dubai. im 29. I haven't been back to Lebanon in about seven years. My wife is Russian, and we're planning to visit Lebanon at the end of June for 10 days.

We'd love some recommendations for the best places to visit, especially churches, historical sites, museums, hiking trails, and other must-see destinations. We're particularly interested in Lebanon's mountains, nature, coastal towns, and beaches—especially around Batroun and northern Lebanon.

Several people have recommended Wadi Qadisha (Kadisha Valley) and Deir El Qamar in the Chouf region, and we'd like to know if they're worth including in our itinerary.

We'd also appreciate advice on areas that are currently considered safe for tourists and any regions that are best avoided due to security concerns.

Could anyone suggest a well-balanced 10-day itinerary that combines history, culture, nature, mountain villages, hiking, and some relaxing time by the sea?

Thank you in advance for your recommendations!
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Some Uncomfortable facts for some of you.

This guy is one of the top pro hezb accounts on X and one of it's most active supporters. He's all but admitting that they(who don't pay taxes) live off the hard earned money of those that do. To everyone who screamed at me and attacked me for saying some people with a certain affliation to an illegal iranian proxy, don't pay taxes.

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Here's one of them admitting it himself. So the argument is pointless. But this raises an important question. Why are hardworking citizens subsidizing people who contribute nothing? Why is this allowed to happen why are we not talking about it?

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Natter shouff fib w Abu El Kess shou beddoun y2oullo hay ezza starrjo ye7ko.
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Iran thinks it calls the shots over Lebanon ceasefire, says PM

“It’s clear why Tehran rejected the ceasefire,” Salam, who gives the impression of a man who thinks faster than he speaks, told The Times. “Tehran wanted to say Lebanon is a card in our pocket, that ‘we decide on Lebanon’s behalf … we are the decision-makers’.”

This was illustrative, Salam said. “If this tells you something it’s how much the [Iranian] Revolutionary Guards are in control not only of the military and security apparatus of Hezbollah but also of the decision-making.”

When the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, he called Nabih Berri, the Shia speaker, who held some leverage with the militants.

“‘Mr Speaker, I’m very concerned. I’m really troubled’,” Salam recalled telling Berri, who replied that he was planning to meet leaders of the militia that day. When Berri called him back a day later, he was optimistic. “He said, ‘I met them, and I’ve called to reassure you. Don’t worry, they won’t [join the war]’,” Salam recalled.
Post Author: /u/Complete-Definition4
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Foreign Minister Rajji: A distinction between Hezbollah's political and military wings is unrealistic. Hezbollah is a single and unified entity at the service of Iran, which is destabilizing the Middle East.

Post Author: /u/Standard_Ad7704
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HezbAllah Fighters Crossed into occupied Palestine causing casualties.

While their media tries to claim the Zionist occupation has total control over the border, the reality on the ground is completely different.

According to Hebrew media:

A HezbAllah fighter crossed all the way into the Margaliot settlement completely undetected with a rifle and ammo. He set up an ambush, waited for an IDF patrol, and opened fire causing deaths and injuries among them before he died a martyr.

Now, Hebrew media is admitting this wasn’t even a lone wolf thing.

A whole group of fighters actually infiltrated Misgav Am and Margaliot, and the Israeli military completely hid the news from their own public until they couldn't cover it up anymore. Another infiltration apparently happened last night around 11:45 PM that they also tried to bury.

Right now, Israeli Army Radio is saying the entire security establishment is in "complete shock" because at least two Hezbollah guys are still roaming around inside Israeli territory and the IDF can't find them.

The zionist occupations most elite special forces, Shayetet 13, have been deployed to the infiltration area

2 of the HezbAllah fighters have been martyred.

This just proves the narrative they boast is a joke. Despite all their claims of "victory," HezbAllah isn't just holding the line in Lebanon they are actively crossing the border, bypassing Zionist surveillance, and taking the fight directly inside occupied Palestine.
Post Author: /u/Ancient_Woodpecker76
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Why is Marital Rape in Lebanon still not a crime? And has no political party ever push for it?

According to article 503 of the Lebanese Penal code "Whoever forces women other than his spouse, through violence and threats to have sex, is punished for hard labor for at least 5 years." The article limits the crime to non-marital.

I know there was a push in 2017 which was, I think by a women's rights organization and NOT any prominent party in Lebanon. This one managed to remove the article that allowed Rapists to marry their victims and go uncharged which very tied marital rape.
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Israeli airstrike on Beirut suburbs kills two, injures 11 amid fragile Lebanon ceasefire

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Religious tensions in Lebanon

Do you think Lebanon could split in the future into a Christian, Sunni, Shia state. Since Muslims and Christians can’t really coexist and don’t like each other.

There are also differences in terms of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Almost all Lebanese Christians love Israel and hate Palestinians. While Sunnis and Shias support Palestine. Do you think the Lebanon we know now won’t exist in the future?
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Too Much Winning

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So iran saf2t hal mari7yet el "Rad" w now israel will retaliate back w allah by3lm n7na el 5ezoo2 shu 7a neklo el layle

ayre be iran w be israel w be hal akel 5ara kela zh2t men arafon tnyneton. 3ama be iran rab7tna jmele ma tedrbo beirut aw mnodrob w 3amlolennasri7ye eno 7a yredo w nzlole postet al e5er shi kelo nezl w ma ndrb shi. w hezb kel yom be to3le bayanet be elak darbna w darbna w israel sart kes7a nos el jnoob iza mesh aktr sari kmn 3al nabatiye. w e5er shu 3ndk israel le acts like a spoiled child w just love to waste it's toys on anything that breath. lak ejre bel seyede kelo ro7o nteko 5alona n3rf n3eesh hal kam sene abel ma el ared tef2na atle ad ma erfet mena
Post Author: /u/lmaoler69
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What's the endgame?

They started shooting rockets towards israel in support for Gaza. As a result, events escalated quickly towards a fully fledged war with Israel which lead to a total distraction of the south, tens of thousands of casualties and injuries and the displacement of some hundreds of thousands of citizens.

Therefore, I do believe negotiations is the way out, because at this point, I do not think hezbollah even knows what's the end game.

My opinion in this a bit complicated, which manifests itself by ignoring those people specially on socials because they are selfish for taking this foolish decision.

Let me know your opinion

Thanks
Post Author: /u/Silent_Vanilla_8504
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Iran kept their word, sirens sounding in north israel due to missile launches.

shtaroona ba3ed ma be3ona ✌️✌️
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If you live near an electronic store or warehouse or work in one, or work in the port of Beirut be careful.

Anything that can be used for drone components. The bigger, the more likely it will be targeted.

IDF is getting ready for an Iranian missile response because of the bombing of Dahieh. In the coming days, if this restarts, Israel will start their efforts to deny hezbollah of their drone capacity. That means anything that can be used to build drones. And the port where the stuff comes in from.
Post Author: /u/RichIndependence8930
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The ugly side of Iran including us in a ceasefire: anecdote.

South Lebanon is my home. Many people just want a ceasefire so that they can relax and feel a trifle of peace. Even if it were achieved by Iran. I don't blame them.

But while that may be a short-term gain and relief, it is a long-term burden on Lebanon.

When the initial ceasefire happened, obviously I returned south from displacement. Crossing the Litani river, I saw a most disappointing charade: Hezbollah motherfuckers, giving out pictures of the sewer rat Nasrallah and Hezbollah flags, among other stuff. With your classic propaganda anasheed.

This is why Iran is drooling to achieve a ceasefire here and why they desperately reject any negotiations between Lebanon and Israel. If these negotiations secure a win, and indeed they have secured a best case scenario, that means Iran doesn't get to take the credit, by extension Hezbollah would seem more useless.

So for any Lebanese or Pakistanis in Sweden pretending to be Lebanese, we never want Iran to take the credit. It ultimately circles back to this whole war happening again. We are only a bargaining chip, they don't actually give a shit.
Post Author: /u/ChosenArabian
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Some interesting developments behind the scenes. Speaker Berri hosted Lebanese Army Chief General Rudolph Haikal yesterday. A few hours later, General Haikal travelled to Pakistan to meet his counterpart Field Marshal Munir in Islamabad. Assim Munir is ...

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