Fairuz and her three sons left their house with her friend to spend a night in Marjayoun on 25 July.

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To the west, on a parallel ridge are the Lebanese Christian towns of Marjayoun and Qleia, with a lush valley of fruit farms and tobacco plantations in between.

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