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1 day ago · Beirut, capital, chief port, and largest city of Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains. It served as an economic, social, intellectual, and cultural hub of the Arab Middle East until 1975, when the city was ravaged by the country’s 15-year civil war.
2 days ago · After World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Beirut, along with the rest of Lebanon, was placed under the French Mandate. Lebanon achieved independence in 1943, and Beirut became the capital city.
1 day ago · Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human civilization in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. [ 14 ] . From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime empire that stretched the Mediterranean Basin. [ 15 ] . In 64 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire, and later the Byzantine Empire.
1 day ago · Lebanon, country consisting of a narrow strip of territory on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It was home to ancient Phoenician settlements at sites that continued to be important centers of trade into the modern era. Lebanon proclaimed its independence in 1943 with Beirut as its capital.
2 days ago · These were the updates on Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Friday, September 27. A fire burns at the site of Israeli air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday [Bilal Hussein/AP]
2 days ago · Smoke rises after an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, on Friday, September 27. Emilie Madi/Reuters. Several big explosions rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday as ...
1 day ago · Beirut - Mediterranean, Capital, Reconstruction: Beirut was occupied by the Allies at the end of World War I, and the city was established by the French mandatory authorities in 1920 as the capital of the State of Greater Lebanon, which in 1926 became the Lebanese Republic.
