Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 oth ...

Here is a look at Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country bordering Syria, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. 1918 - After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, France gains control of the area that comprises ...

One year after the pager-and-walkie-talkie bombings that shattered Lebanon’s sense of safety, Taylor Thomas reports on a ...

Amid the escalating challenges facing Lebanon, the General Directorate of General Security’s announcement of the dismantling ...

BEIRUT — Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew ...

(Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held talks in Beirut on Wednesday in the first official visit by an Iranian president which has highlighted the growing power of Tehran's Shi'ite ally, ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of Lebanese protesters blocked main roads in Beirut and around the country with rubble and burning tyres on Tuesday at the start of a general strike called by the ...

Israel has stated that its operations are designed to prevent Hezbollah from rearming and to protect communities along the ...

Here is a look at Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country with a history of civil war and political instability, bordering Syria, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. GDP (purchasing power parity): $85.16 ...