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Lebanon signs contract to start oil drilling

Lebanon has signed its first contract with an energy consortium to start offshore drilling for oil and gas.

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Mariam Saleh
Press TV, Beirut


Lebanon has signed its first contract with an energy consortium to start offshore drilling for oil and gas. The contract comes after Israel laid claim to an oil and gas field within Lebanon’s maritime border. Our correspondent Mariam Saleh has the details from Beirut.