The sun-soaked cannabis fields are just out of reach of a nearby army checkpoint. Its production is lucrative in Lebanon, but growers fear legalising its medical use could slash profits. The remote ...

Sitting among the vines of Sauvignon Blanc and Tempranillo growing on his spectacular farm in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Michel Emad remembers the not-so-distant time when he opted to cultivate cannabis.

Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said Monday that authorities dismantled a network that was preparing to smuggle hashish and the illicit stimulant captagon to Saudi Arabia. Lebanon has faced ...

As in many parts of the world, Lebanon has long had a thriving underground cannabis and hashish industry, especially in regions like the Bekaa Valley, where it’s been seen for years as an alternative ...

Three countries in collapse. Three cannabis economies that survived. What Lebanon, Myanmar and Afghanistan reveal about the plant when the state disappears. State failure triggers a currency collapse, ...

Farmers in Raqqa have found jobs on hashish farms in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Beirut: Hashish has always been a powerful weapon of war, giving fighters a sense of invincibility. The Israelis used it to ...