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 ...

When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, it exploited the sectarian fissures of a country shattered by civil war. This time, despite long-running divisions, many Lebanese are desperate to preserve a ...

Two Years After the Lebanese Revolution: A Potential Civil War and a Historic Economic Collapse. Published October 17th, 2021 - 06:32 GMT.

Lebanon is marking 50 years since the first shots of a civil war fuelled by sea change in the… Skip to main content France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines ...

When Lebanon's civil war erupted 50 years ago this month, its national museum became a flashpoint of its capital's deadly frontline, with militants barricaded among ancient sarcophagi and sniping ...

Memories of civil war. For some, the mass displacement and demographic tensions have brought back unwelcome memories of state breakdown and mass squatting that took place during Lebanon’s civil war.

BEIRUT - When Lebanon's civil war erupted 50 years ago this month, its national museum became a flashpoint of its capital's deadly frontline, with militants barricaded among ancient sarcophagi and ...

Lebanon is now in the throes of three days of national mourning; but the war goes on, and a traumatised country is more fearful than ever about what comes next.

Lebanese politics is "characterised by a corrupt, sectarian structure", after its many years of bloody civil war, said Dr Lina Khatib and Jon Wallace for Chatham House. Subscribe to The Week ...

Twenty percent of Lebanon’s population is now displaced; schools, church facilities and mosque compounds are crammed; and makeshift tent camps have spread across the country. And while this war rages ...