A view of the coastal village of Rmeileh, in the Chouf. (Photo from the Rmeileh municipality website)
Speculation around the resettlement of Hezbollah fighters' families in a Christian village abound following the publication by a journalist close to the Lebanese Forces and other parties opposed to Hezbollah of a (truncated) photo of a sales contract for a plot of land in Rmeileh, in Chouf district, a few kilometers north of Saida.The document, whose authenticity L'Orient-Le Jour was unable to confirm, is dated April 3, 2025 and outlines the transfer of three real estate assets located in Rmeileh by their owner, a certain Khaled Youssef Harmouch, to "the social and charitable association al-Kawthar," designated as the property's new "usufructuary" (given the right to use and benefit from a property without owning it). When asked about the contract, the organization's president responded that it was the first he was hearing of it.It is...
Speculation around the resettlement of Hezbollah fighters' families in a Christian village abound following the publication by a journalist close to the Lebanese Forces and other parties opposed to Hezbollah of a (truncated) photo of a sales contract for a plot of land in Rmeileh, in Chouf district, a few kilometers north of Saida.The document, whose authenticity L'Orient-Le Jour was unable to confirm, is dated April 3, 2025 and outlines the transfer of three real estate assets located in Rmeileh by their owner, a certain Khaled Youssef Harmouch, to "the social and charitable association al-Kawthar," designated as the property's new "usufructuary" (given the right to use and benefit from a property without owning it). When asked about the contract, the organization's president responded that it was the first he was hearing of it.It is...
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