An open day held on Sunday at Rayak Air Base in Lebanon s Bekaa attracted lots of people to take a close look at helicopters and other military aircraft.
We re in a war for survival : Onboard the cash-strapped Lebanese army s fundraising helicopter flights
Lebanon s military has begun offering tourist flights to raise funds amid the country s grave economic crisis
3 July 2021 • 7:00am
From the air, Lebanon looks like a tourist paradise.
At street level, round-the-block fuel lines, electricity blackouts, mounting poverty and angry protests indicate a country collapsing, 20 months into an economic crisis that squabbling elites are unwilling to address.
From above though the azure of the Mediterranean gives way to cedar-clad mountains and then the Beqaa Valley, where the Romans built their largest temples and vineyards border cannabis farms in the birthplace of agriculture.
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