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  1. www.britannica.com › place › LebanonLebanon | People, Economy, Religion, & History | Britannica

    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 became independent in 1943 with Beirut as its capital.

    • Commerce

      Lebanon - Trade, Agriculture, Manufacturing: The mercantile...

    • Trade

      Lebanon - Trade, Agriculture, Manufacturing: Beirut’s...

    • Economy

      Lebanon - Economy, Trade, Agriculture: Geopolitical factors...

    • History

      Lebanon - Phoenicians, Ottoman, Civil War: The evidence of...

    • Climate

      Lebanon - Mediterranean, Arid, Temperate: There are sharp...

    • Civil War

      Lebanon - Civil War, Sectarianism, Conflict: The attempt to...

    • Debt Crisis

      Lebanon - Debt Crisis, Economy, Politics: Cooperation among...

    • The Arts

      Lebanon - Art, Music, Poetry: Lebanon’s antiquities and...

  2. www.aljazeera.com › where › lebanonLebanon | Today's latest from Al Jazeera

    2 days ago · Stay on top of Lebanon latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.

  3. www.washingtonpost.com › world › 2024/08/11Hezbollah is undeterred as Lebanon braces for war with Israel

    3 days ago · August 11, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. EDT. WADI JILO, Lebanon — An Israeli strike that killed a Hezbollah fighter traveling a rural road here last week left a blasted car, a scorched patch of earth and ...

  4. www.britannica.com › place › LebanonLebanon - Politics, Sectarianism, Conflict | Britannica

    4 days ago · Lebanon - Politics, Sectarianism, Conflict: Modern Lebanon is a unitary multiparty republic with a parliamentary system of government.

  5. www.britannica.com › place › LebanonLebanon - Civil War, Sectarianism, Reconstruction | Britannica

    1 day ago · Lebanon - Civil War, Sectarianism, Reconstruction: For many years Lebanon maintained its parliamentary democracy, despite serious trials. The main problem for Lebanon was to implement the unwritten power-sharing National Pact of 1943 between the Christians and Muslims.

  6. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/08/09Fears of a wider war between Lebanon and Israel grow as leaving...

    5 days ago · In light of a potentially escalating war between Lebanon and Israel, Australians in Lebanon are asked to leave and others are told to avoid travel. But many won't be deterred.

  7. www.cnn.com › 2024/08/11 › middleeastHezbollah fires rockets into Israel as threat of Iran attack...

    2 days ago · It comes after Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli strike on the town of Ma’aroub, southern Lebanon, injured 12 people including six children.