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Watch a live view of the Israel-Lebanon border as US makes contingency plans for a possible evacuation to get Americans out of the region. As Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of Gaze ...
This marked the first commercial flight arrival at Beirut International Airport since the airport's closure almost five weeks before. All runways and taxiways at the airport have been successfully repaired and the airport is operating as it was before the hostilities. [11] On 7 September 2006, Israel ended its 8-week long air blockade of Lebanon.
Israeli forces conducted strikes Monday in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut and in southern Lebanon as talks of a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on both sides.
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ, bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
The Beqaa is located about 30 km (19 mi) east of Beirut. The valley is situated between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east. [2] It is the northern continuation of the Jordan Rift Valley, and thus part of the Great Rift Valley, which stretches from Syria to the Red Sea. Beqaa Valley is 120 kilometres (75 mi ...
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air attacks battered Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply ...
On 23 November 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike in Basta in central Beirut, Lebanon, as part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The airstrike in the densely populated neighborhood killed at least 29 people and injured another 67 with 30 others missing.
The US has warned Americans not to travel to Lebanon after part of the Beirut embassy complex was set on fire.. Family members of US government personnel and non-essential embassy staff were ...