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http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/middleeast/lebanon-garbage-crisis-river/

>Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)A river of stinking garbage bags snakes its way through the suburbs of Beirut, a surreal and unhygienic blight on Lebanon's cosmopolitan capital.

>This overflowing landfill, stretching for hundreds of meters through Jdeideh in the city's suburbs, is the consequence of the city's months-long garbage crisis -- both a symbol and a byproduct of the country's dysfunctional politics.

>"This used to be such a beautiful place, but look at it now. We can't even walk by it," Jawanah, a local resident who didn't want to give the rest of her name, told CNN.

>Problems began when authorities shut the main landfill site for Beirut's garbage in July, but failed to provide an alternative site for dumping refuse.

>The trash started to mount up, choking the city's streets and sparking violent protests that brought a deployment of the army.

>The "trash river" in Jdeideh began four months ago when a makeshift dump began in a yard near residential buildings, and has grown since then as the garbage crisis went unresolved, local officials said.

more coverage and pics:
http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.705448

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2016/02/24/photos-lebanon-garbage-problem/Zv26ODFWdTkMRTDZgPGPnI/story.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lebanon-beiruts-piles-trash-continue-grow-after-plan-export-waste-russia-collapses-1545765

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2016/02/25/Lebanon-s-Thames-of-trash-sparks-social-media-outrage.html