Tyre Mayor, Residents Fight Sand Mining Project, Lebanon

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Colonnaded Road, Tyre Lebanon. Located on the southern coast of Lebanon, 83 km south of Beirut, the antique town of Tyre was the great Phoenician city that reigned over the seas and founded prosperous colonies such as Cadiz and Carthage and according to legend, was the place of the discovery of purple pigment. Captions: UNESCO World Heritage. Photo source: ©© Sean Long

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The municipality of Tyre is teaming up with civil society groups and environmental activists to launch a campaign to stop sand mining in the basin of Tyre’s Resthouse, a publicly owned resort property that is rented out to investors…

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Old and New, Tyre’s corniche, Lebanon. Photo source: ©© Sean Long

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