Half a century has passed since the outbreak of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War, a vicious, multifaceted conflict characterised by sectarianism, foreign intervention, powerful militias and a state ...

Israel’s goal is to collapse Lebanon through triggering civil war and any move to normalize ties with Tel Aviv would ...

The civil war ended with the Saudi-brokered Taif agreement, which established a new power-sharing system between Lebanon’s religious sects.

After trading fire across the Israel-Lebanon border for almost a year, this week Israel and Hezbollah have intensified the fighting. Here’s a look at Hezbollah, its origins, goals and leadership.

A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes.

On April 13, 1975, members of the right-wing Christian Phalange militia machine-gunned a bus of Palestinians, leaving 27 dead, hours after assailants opened fire outside a nearby church, killing one ...

A militia born in civil war To understand the rise and growth of Hezbollah, it’s important to appreciate the patchwork nature of the country in which it arose as a potent social and political force.

Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again.

After the civil war ended in 1990, and Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah continued to grow in power, during a period when Syrian military forces occupied parts of the country.