Beirut 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, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world.
A pre-dawn Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon, has killed senior Hamas commander Hassan Farhat and his two children, marking a..
Israel airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs killed three people and wounded seven, targeting a Hezbollah militant accused of..
Nasrallah's Funeral: Thousands of mourners flooded the streets of Beirut as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was laid to rest in..
