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Lebanon - Level 4: Do Not Travel
Do not travel to Lebanon due to COVID-19. Reconsider travel to Lebanon due to crime, terrorism, armed conflict, civil unrest, kidnapping and Embassy Beirut?s limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.

Lebanon is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south, with a narrow coastline along its western edge.

Beirut 2020: The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal
Charif Majdalani is one of Lebanon?s most laurelled novelists. Born in Beirut in 1960, he writes in French and has been celebrated across the Francophone world. He lived in France for 13 years from ...

People Celebrate as Iranian Fuel Arrives in Lebanon
The Hezbollah resistance movement trucked more than a million gallons of Iranian diesel fuel into Lebanon from Syria on Thursday, with Lebanese celebrating the move as a way of spiting the United ...

Sabra and Shatila: memories of a massacre
Speaking to survivors on the ground in Lebanon, STEVE SWEENEY documents the events and legacy of the 1982 genocide of Palestinians carried out by Christian Phalangists with the support of Israel ...

Iran says it?s ready to sell fuel to Lebanon if Beirut asks
Iran said Sunday it is willing to sell fuel to Lebanon's government to help ease shortages, days after a first delivery of Iranian fuel arranged by ...

With Fuel from Iran, Hezbollah Steps In Where Lebanon Has Failed
The militant group trucked more than 1 million gallons of diesel into Lebanon, flouting U.S. sanctions and billing itself as savior to a suffering population.

Rights Groups Urge International Probe into Beirut Port Blast
More than 140 human rights groups, survivors and relatives of victims of the Lebanon port blast called Wednesday for a UN-backed international, independent and impartial probe into the disaster. The e ...

Former Army Commander Questioned over Beirut Port Blast
Lebanon?s lead investigator in the August 4, 2020 Beirut port blast, Judge Tarek Bitar, questioned on Monday former army chief General Jean Qahwaji but postponed taking any legal measures against him, ...