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Lebanon has a population of more than five million and an area of 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi). Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. [14] From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime civilization that spanned the Mediterranean Basin. [15]
A rocket launched from Lebanon fell in Upper Galilee area causing a forest fire. About 50 instances of rockets or shrapnel falling were reported in Metula in the past 24 hours. [229] Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets towards Israel. [230] Hezbollah claimed to have struck a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Maroun al-Ras.
The area of Lebanon is 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi). [1] The country is roughly rectangular in shape, becoming narrower toward the south and the farthest north. [ 1 ] Its widest point is 88 kilometres (55 mi), and its narrowest is 32 kilometres (20 mi); the average width is about 56 kilometres (35 mi). [ 1 ]
Witnesses told Sheriff’s Office investigators that Alton Antonio Wall, 59, of Hillsborough, shot Gregory Lee, 62, of Durham, just before 10:30 p.m. Friday during an argument at a home on the ...
The ongoing attacks across the Israel-Lebanon border have forced some 90,000 people in south Lebanon to flee their homes and displaced 60,000 in northern Israel.
Kfar Shouba is the second largest village in southern Lebanon, which also contains the largest number of young graduates in the Caza of Hasbaya. The Lebanese Army, as well as Hezbollah, say that Israel is still occupying the general area in which the village is located, known as the Kfarshouba Hills. [8] [9] It stands in mountainous terrain.
Shiite Muslims Wednesday in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith, while paying tribute to ...
Then, he left Lebanon and stayed in Paris for a while and came back on 11 December 2005. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] [ 16 ] Tueni was assassinated by a car bomb on 12 December 2005 in Mkalles , an industrial suburb of Beirut, while he drove from his home in Beit Meri (Mount Lebanon) to his newspaper's offices in Beirut's Martyrs' Square. [ 4 ]