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    What happened to aid sent to Lebanon? In many cases, nobody knows

    Four hundred and seventy thousand units vanished entirely as measurement chaos and zero oversight undermined the tracking system.

    By Suzanne Abou Said // 08 January 2026

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    How much aid reaches its intended recipients and location? It turns out that in Lebanon, at least, it is very hard to know.

    In the months following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the war-wrecked country received more than 2.8 million units of physical, in-kind humanitarian aid from 24 donors, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan.

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      Suzanne Abou Said is a Lebanese journalist whose work has appeared in numerous regional and international outlets. She focuses on human-centered stories about the environment and culture.

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