1. Mahmoud Darwish, Poet Laureate of the Palestinians
(Opinions/Society)

...r "My Mother.”         MARCEL KHALIFE: [translated] At the beginning of the Lebanese civil war, in ’76, I was confined to my village because of the political ...

2. Re-igniting Lebanon’s Internal Fire
(Opinions/op-ed)

...tween the PLO and the Lebanese. Israel used the Phalanges and the South Lebanon Army as its proxy army to inflame the Lebanese Civil War.  The Arab League summit of 1976 in Riyadh proposed sendin...

3. Uri Avnery
(Opinions/Interview)

...itical settlement with Israel and that we should immediately begin negotiations with them. "In 1982, during the Lebanese civil war, I crossed the front lines during the battle of Beirut and met ...

4. Western pressure on Syria
(Opinions/Society)

...t to transform Lebanon into a “knife in Syria’s back”. “During his visit to Lebanon, he felt that the elements of the Lebanese civil war, which ended in 1989, are now back and Lebanon has become a dan...

5. Neo-Constitution Fiasco
(Opinions/Features)

... have their way on federalism and divide the oil wealth among them comparing the unfolding catastrophe in Iraq to the Lebanese Civil War. The people of Iraq are heroically resisting blatant US coloniz...

6. Country profile: Lebanon
(Archived/News/SReports)

Lebanon is one of the smallest countries in the Middle East, yet it is one of the most politically contested nations in the region – largely owing to its proximity to Israel.

7. Syria and Lebanon agree on border
(Archived/News/Arab)

Syria and Lebanon have agreed to resume the work of a committee to demarcate their common border, a joint statement by the two countries says.

8. Hezbollah declares 'war' on Israel
(Archived/News/Arab)

The leader of Hezbollah has said that his Lebanese Shia movement is ready for "open war" with Israel, in a speech to supporters mourning the death of a senior commander.

9. Nasrallah: Hezbollah ready to fight
(Archived/News/Arab)

The secretary-general of Hezbollah has said that his movement is ready for open warfare with Israel, in a speech to supporters mourning the death of a senior commander.

10. Lebanon mourns slain leaders
(Archived/News/Arab)

Security is tight in the Lebanese capital as thousands of people gather for two separate rallies that expose the deep divisions in the country.