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At 14, he started smuggling small goods — petrol, cash, cigarettes — and accompanying Afghans across the border into Iran.

“I don’t know if it’s Instagram or something else, but everyone has much more of an interest in it,” said Ms. Balsis, whose company in 2017 started a sister brand, Concrete Love, that sells concrete jewelry, bowls, planters and other small goods.

The wheeled robots carry crates of apple juice, cereal and other small goods to Walmart workers, who then bag them for shoppers.

Lebanon is a hub for Syrian traders and business executives, a place where they can open bank accounts, access dollars and buy up small goods to take back to Syria, which is under heavy sanctions.

They send back money and bring back small goods, but many young men have started returning home from Lebanon because of the economic crisis there, the activist said.