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Did you know Beirut is one of the oldest cities in the world, continuously inhabited for more than 5,000 years? Right here, those striking blue domes belong to the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque. Golden ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: Lebanon Archaeological Finds Showcase Rich Heritage Despite War Woes
Asharq Al Awsat From a Roman temple to ancient olive presses, Lebanon keeps turning up archaeological treasures even as the latest Israel-Hezbollah war has caused excavations to grind to a halt at ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: Lebanon: Support Justice for Beirut Blast Victims, Families
(Beirut) – Lebanon’s new government should take all necessary measures to strengthen judicial independence and ensure that the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port explosion can proceed ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: Why Israel targets Beirut’s Dahiyeh and what the suburb means to Lebanon
For years, Beirut’s southern suburb has been spoken about as though it were a world apart: A Hezbollah bastion, a target, a warning, or a battlefield. But in Arabic, the word “dahiyeh” simply means ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: Lebanon’s ancient heritage faces a barrage of Israeli airstrikes
BYBLOS, Lebanon — The anguish in Lebanese archaeologist Nader Siklaoui’s voice is clear as he films Israeli missiles slamming down near ancient Roman columns he has spent much of his life protecting. ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: In Lebanon, history gnaws at Israelis: Has force alone brought security?
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: Lebanon crusader castle seized by Israel a symbol of bloody history
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, June 1 (Reuters) - The medieval Beaufort Castle's stone ramparts tower so far above south Lebanon that Israel could hail their capture as a strategic victory, even as it evoked the ...
News Lebanon » Beirut » History: Despite war, Lebanon reopens film archive celebrating cinematic history
BEIRUT — Lebanon reopened on Thursday the Cinematheque Libanaise, a national archive dedicated to preserving the country’s cinematic history, in a move that could provide a cultural haven as the ...