BEIRUT — A massive Israeli airstrike ... thundered across the city and underlined fears in Lebanon that the war is escalating, days after diplomatic talks aimed at a cease-fire stirred hope ...

Three minutes before midnight ... It was not war, but an earthquake, its epicentre in Syria. In the Lebanese capital, it was a mere tremor, no damage was reported. After the initial shock ...

Before the civil war broke out in 1975 and wrought havoc on Lebanon for fifteen years, Beirut was regarded as the ‘Paris of the East’ and together with Cairo was the capital of Arabic film. Five years ...

In 2006, after the last war between Hezbollah ... are not adequately treated before disposal. When Mr. Mehdi, an engineering student at the American University of Beirut, looks over the rubble ...

He said Nasrallah died in the war operations room. He did not offer other details. Lebanese media had reported that Safa was a target of Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut before the cease-fire ...