AN EXPLOSION in Lebanon's capital of Beirut on Tuesday, August 4, has left several dead and thousands injured, the country's health minister confirmed. Where is Beirut and is there a civil war?

The Lebanese military on Sunday released a picture taken from the air of the massive flag, stitched in Kuwait, assembled in Lebanon and covering 65,000 square metres (645,600 square feet) "unfurled." ...

Over the past six-and-a-half decades, Lebanon has seen 12 UN-recognized Palestinian refugee camps transform from tented settlements into shantytowns and urban slums. And the country’s Palestinian ...