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Lebanon, [a] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [b] is a country in the Levant region of WestSituated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, [1] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline.
Most of Lebanon's rainfall is in the four months of winter, but over the last 45 years, the Ministry of Environment (Lebanon) estimates that rainfall has decreased overall between 5 and 20 percent. [10] The coastal strip of Lebanon gets approximately 2,000 mm of rain per year, while the Beqaa Valley to the east gets only one-tenth as much. [11]
Lebanon is a former French mandate and Palestine / Israel a former British mandate, per the League of Nations. The 1949 agreement stated that the border would follow the 1923 line. [6] In 1923, 38 boundary markers were placed along the 49 mile border and a detailed text description was published.
Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus), in addition to two British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar in the west and Akrotiri & Dhekelia in the east).
The flighting on the Lebanon-Israel border has also re-opened long festering issues over the frontier, known as the blue line. Over the last six months, negotiations over the armistice line ...
Lebanon is closing all its land border crossings with Syria except for a main one that links Beirut with the Syrian capital Damascus, the General Security Directorate said Friday. The decision came hours after an Israeli airstrike damaged a border crossing in northern Lebanon just days after it was reopened.
UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) armoured personnel carriers depart a base to patrol near the Lebanon-Israel border, in Marjayoun, Lebanon on October 5. - Carl Court/Getty Images
1 Europe. Toggle Europe subsection. 1.1 Albania–Greece. ... 1941/1943 Lebanese independence, border between Lebanon and the French League of Nations mandate of Syria;