MAJDAL ANJAR, Lebanon: For weeks, the village din in the Bekaa Valley border town of Majdal Anjar has been piqued almost daily by the sounds of bombs...
BEIRUT: As church bells thunder across Beirut Sunday morning, a small group begins to gather in an unassuming first-floor apartment in Sin al-Fil. Inside, a...
BEIRUT: Sunday marks one year since militant Islamist groups captured more than 30 Lebanese servicemen in northeast Lebanon.Below is a timeline of major...
BEIRUT: The United States has given the World Food Program in Lebanon $20 million to continue supporting Syrian refugees. The WFP is running dangerously low...
BEIRUT: Hundreds of social activists, environmentalists and frustrated citizens joined together under the banner of a protest movement called “You...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese government is eager to coordinate with Syrian authorities to facilitate the return of Syrian refugees, Social Affairs Minister Rashid...
BEIRUT: Lebanese politicians have painted a thin veneer of functionality over the country which is barely able to mask an increasingly fractured society,...
BEIRUT: Both the international community and Lebanese citizens themselves must not take for granted the country’s relative stability, said Ross Mountain, UNDP...
BEIRUT: The trash buildup in Beirut and Mount Lebanon is unlikely to cause a serious public health crisis, but may create unhygienic conditions that...
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon began hearing evidence about how the prosecution assembled call sequence records Monday.The witness, Kei Kamei,...
BEIRUT: If news broadcasters, social media users and casual gossipers expressed shock at the brutal stabbing death of George al-Reef near Gemmayzeh last week,...
BEIRUT: More than a quarter of Syrian refugees in Lebanon do not feel safe, and almost the same number reported that a member of their family had suffered...
BEIRUT: Ten years ago, a Reuters employee picked up a ringing office phone several hours after Rafik Hariri was assassinated. “Someone said, ‘Write down...
BEIRUT: Departing British Ambassador Tom Fletcher believes Lebanon’s biggest challenge in the coming year will be keeping “the Syrian war on the...
BEIRUT: When Anwar was still in his hometown, Raqqa, he saw three human heads lined on the sidewalk. “They were set up like watermelons,” he said. ISIS...
BEIRUT: The presidential vacuum threatens to mire bilateral relations and dampens the prospects of potential investment deals between Lebanon and Australia,...
BEIRUT: Defense lawyers at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon grilled former Al-Jazeera bureau chief Ghassan Ben Jeddo Friday about a possible role for Al-Jamaa...
BEIRUT: Ghassan Ben Jeddo, Al-Jazeera’s former Beirut bureau chief, received three cryptic phone calls just hours after Rafik Hariri was killed and may...
BEIRUT: Hours after an explosion tore through Downtown Beirut killing Rafik Hariri and 21 others, Al-Jazeera’s Beirut Bureau Chief Ghassan Ben Jeddo spoke on...
BEIRUT: Despite the political and security issues Lebanon currently faces, the outgoing head of the European Union delegation to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst...
BEIRUT: On a sweltering summer day, Walid and Ahmad sit on Hamra street with their blackened shoe shining rags between their legs.With wide eyes, the boys...
BEIRUT: A few days ago, Abu Mohammad took his battered Nokia phone from his pocket and read a text message from the United Nations World Food Program on the...
SIN Al-FIL/ BOURJ HAMMOUD/BEIRUT: Christians in Beirut and its suburbs expressed little optimism Wednesday that a proposed presidential poll would help elect...
BEIRUT: The unified prescription form, which makes it easier for Lebanese patients to access inexpensive medicine, was launched Tuesday in what Prime Minister...
BEIRUT / SIDON: Facing inconsistent governmental policies and confusing bureaucracy, Palestinian Syrians in Lebanon are struggling to obtain and maintain...