Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, was once regarded as the Paris of the Arab world: vibrant, dynamic, cosmopolitan. Over the last 50 years, however, it has been beset by war, sectarianism and disease, to the ...

Lebanon fights alongside other Arab countries against the nascent state of Israel. Around 100,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in what had been British-ruled Palestine ...

Decades after Arafat was pushed out of Beirut, Hamas's leaders may also choose exile over death; despite key differences, history shows what pitfalls may lie ahead for Israel ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel, which has engaged in border warfare with Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement for a year in parallel with the Gaza conflict, has a long history of military incursions and ...