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Lebanon - Level 3: Reconsider Travel
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 Nights: Good, plentiful food in Kfar Saba - review
Unlike its super-glamorous sounding name, Beirut Nights is a down-to-earth ... New-York-accented English. Lihi, the waitress took our orders and explained that the first course of mixed salads ...

Crisis-plagued Lebanon votes in parliamentary elections
Lebanese voters headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new 128-member parliament as the country struggles with severe economic depression.

Feature: Family mutual aid funds sprout in Lebanon to help vulnerable members through crisis
Luckily for the elderly woman from Lebanon's southern city of Nabatieh, a mutual aid fund established by the Jouni family came to her help and paid the medical bill of 30 million Lebanese pounds ...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Nasrallah to deliver speech on Friday
Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah is set to deliver a speech on Friday evening. AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is to deliver a ...

Hezbollah to accept election result whoever wins
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem cast on Sunday his vote ballot at a polling center in Beirut?s Al-Bashoura area.

Lebanon votes in first election since Beirut blast, economic collapse
Polls opened at 7 a.m. on Sunday across 15 electoral districts for Lebanon?s first elections after months of uncertainty over whether the election would go ahead.

?Beirut Doesn?t Deserve This Punishment?
At the polling station at the Lebanese Embassy, I had mixed feelings. I was happy to see the Lebanese still willing to vote despite the success of the ruling system in killing the essence of this ...