BEIRUT: A ceremony was held on Wednesday at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut to mark the end of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) mine-clearing program in south of Lebanon. The program, which helped demine over 8 million square-meters of land in the last three years, was part of UAE Program to Support and Rebuild Lebanon and was sponsored by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nhayan with the support of UAE vice president and prime minister.