Protesters block major roads around Beirut after Lebanon’s cabinet approves new taxes that raise fuel prices to fund public pay hikes.

Lebanon’s top diplomat said Beirut has received warnings that Israel would strike the country’s airport in a war with Hezbollah as the specter of a military confrontation between the group’s ally, ...

Lebanon’s foreign minister says his government has urged the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah not to get involved if any ...

More than a year into a cease-fire, the mechanical whir of Israeli drones above the Lebanese capital is a reminder that, in many ways, the war never really ended.

The Lebanese government should take immediate, concrete steps to help secure access to justice, truth and reparations for ...

The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the ...

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has accused Israel of committing an environmental crime after Israeli forces sprayed an unknown substance over southern Lebanese towns, which Beirut described as toxic.

Beirut, Lebanon – The Lebanese group Hezbollah has launched only one attack in the 14 months since a ceasefire with Israel began – despite more than 11,000 Israeli violations. The Israeli attacks ...

Cyril Aris' "A Sad and Beautiful World," a Beirut-set love story which represented Lebanon in the Oscar race, has secured ...

President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable Lebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland ...

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It’s Friday night, and Beirut’s terraces are packed. People stand with drinks in hand, chatting to unwind from the week.