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Paul Cochrane

Paul Cochrane is a freelance journalist based in Beirut.

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Beirut: a city in war

Three weeks into the war with Israel, the capital of Lebanon is a city damaged, deserted and in limbo. Paul Cochrane reports.

The Syria safety-zone

Lebanese people in flight from war are finding refuge in neighbouring Syria. Paul Cochrane, in Damascus, reports.