Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah affiliate rammed his yellow Mercedes stake-bed truck through a chest-high concertina wire fence at the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon ...

Beirut's bandleader Zach Condon talked to NPR's Scott Simon about hopping from city to city for inspiration, the emphasis of music over lyrics and more. Hear their conversation at the audio link and keep reading for interview highlights. Gallipoli is this ...

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with author and journalist Kim Ghattas about the impacts the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran will have on the broader region.

In the midst of chaos and war, Lebanon’s artistic institutions refused to surrender their visions. Now it could be their time to thrive. Lebanon’s cultural institutions have long existed in a hostile environment. Historically, the country’s weak ...

The attack struck in the heart of the Lebanese capital after a series of evacuation warnings — the first for the city center during the war. By Christina Goldbaum Euan Ward and Farnaz Fassihi The first Israeli airstrike that rattled Beirut, the Lebanese ...

August 4, 2020 started out, by all accounts, as a beautiful day. Bachir Ramadan remembers helping a colleague secure a promotion by pleading his case to the boss at a lighting factory near Beirut Port. Afterwards, he popped home for a quick lunch with his ...

Tens of thousands of Lebanese flee homes in eerily familiar scenes as Israeli strikes leave 52 people dead US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Abu Yehya and his two sons awoke to the sound of bombing in the early hours of Monday morning. A dozen blasts ...