Xan Rice

Xan Rice is Features Editor at the New Statesman. Follow him on Twitter at @xanrice
Xan Rice is Features Editor at the New Statesman. Follow him on Twitter at @xanrice
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Views Sunday, December 27, 2015 The Road From Damascus Turn your back on the Mediterranean in Beirut, drive east along the highway, and you’re soon in the foothills of Mount Lebanon, the range that runs along the country’s spine. As the road gets steeper, the grey urban sprawl gives way to conifer forest and the summer apartments of wealthy city-... Read more |