Peoria’s Lebanese community feels pain of latest round of Mideast violence

28 November 2024, 8:01 am

PEORIA — As word reached this central Illinois town that its sister city in Lebanon had been bombed by Israel, Henri Alwan was among many residents to feel a direct sense of loss. The airstrike last ...... Read More »

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