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Lebanon says four killed in Israeli strikes
Beirut: A series of Israeli air strikes killed four people in south and east Lebanon, the health ministry said Friday, ...
Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan
The UN refugee agency in Lebanon hopes that 200,000 Syrian refugees will return to Syria by the end of the year under a new ...
With Trump pressure and a ‘new Lebanon,' can Hezbollah's shadow economy be dismantled?
However, the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration is placing renewed pressure on Lebanon's new government to ...
They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.
Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, ...
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Fate of Beirut heritage buildings damaged in port blast remains uncertain five years on
Five years ago, the Port of Beirut blast tore through the Lebanese capital, destroying lives, livelihoods and homes.
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People in Beirut reflect on what they've lost 2 years after port blasts ...
An explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in Lebanon's biggest seaport in 2020 has left deep trauma in the Lebanese psyche. Opera singer Michel Bou Rjeilly says Beirut will never be the same.
Ziad Rahbani, Composer Who Defined a Tragic Era in Lebanon, Dies at 69
A son of Lebanese musical icons, he became one himself, with satirical critiques of his country’s dysfunction that melded ...
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A beloved bookshop rebuilt from Beirut blast - but Israel's war was a crisis too many
Aaliya's Books was a beloved bookshop, cafe and community hub that hugged one side of Gourard Street in Gemmayze, a fashionable, bohemian neighbourhood in Beirut near the city's port. On August 4, ...
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Beirut in crisis after deadly explosion. Here's how you can help
French and Lebanese firemen search in the rubble of a building after the Tuesday explosion at the seaport of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 6, 2020.
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Beirut Explosion Could Worsen Lebanon's Economic Crisis
Beirut's destroyed port seen after the massive explosion one day earlier, on Aug. 5 Hassan Ammar—AP Wounded people walk through the debris in the heart of Beirut following a twin explosion that ...
Gun control, strict border regulation: Lebanon's Aoun inches toward Hezbollah confrontation
Aoun spoke about the need for a “comprehensive approach to restricting the possession of weapons to the army and security ...