Download Syria Crisis Hurts Lebanese Farmers

Published August 01, 2012

The 17-month long conflict in Syria has harmed neighboring Lebanon's agriculture sector, which employs about 15 percent of the population. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley that with nearly 80 percent of Lebanon's exports passing through Syria, recent closings of the main border crossing to commercial traffic have Lebanon's farmers fearful that, if the conflict continues, their livelihoods will be devastated.

敘利亞危機影響黎巴嫩農場主

敘利亞長達17個月的內戰導致鄰國黎巴嫩占總人口15%農業從業者面臨困境.+]&V)[sF[%。這是VOA的Margaret Besheer發自黎巴嫩Bekaa Valley的報道Cm+M6[Pwbze|Ay7V6A)6。以往，黎巴嫩80%的農產品都是出口敘利亞的，如今主要邊界的貿易緊急關閉導致黎巴嫩農民十分恐慌，如果敘利亞內的爭端繼續，這些黎巴嫩農民的生活將受到嚴重影響~_7Q#ycUi0cE4Z。