BEIRUT (AP) — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the ...

Protesters in Beirut have occupied the central square of the city since last Thursday, October 17. (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BEIRUT — The protests in downtown Beirut are now ...

The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the ...

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Every time I walk through the front line of the political confrontation in Downtown Beirut between the American- and Saudi-backed Lebanese government of Fouad Siniora and the Iranian- and ...

BEIRUT – Lebanese security forces have removed roadblocks and barriers surrounding Beirut's downtown commercial district, which for years had been choked by security measures. Parliament Speaker ...

Located on the eastern Mediterranean, Beirut is most definitely an “east-meets-west” metropolis that combines a broad spectrum of cultures and influences. Historically Beirut is one of the world’s ...