LEBANON: Retreat on the Levant 3 minute read TIME November 29, 1943 12:00 AM GMT-4 ...

Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious minorities, including the Druze.

In July 1941, as the Free French were dislodging Vichy in the Levant, Gen. Charles de Gaulle reminded Free Frenchmen and Lebanese alike of France’s millennial indefatigable commitment to Lebanon.

Lebanon is not only waiting for Israel’s response to its stance on the US proposals related to a ceasefire, limiting the ...

The Lebanese and Syrians are willing to compromise only on the first point. France or the Arabs? Which side—France or the Arabs—would Great Britain, the No. 1 Near East power, support?

Lebanon is facing multiple social, economic, and political calamities on account of a combination of factors including a corrupt political class, a non-state actor Hezbollah acting at the bidding ...

Many local and international observers are hopeful that Lebanon’s security situation will remain stable, as this will ...

The Druze are a religious minority in the Levant, the region covering roughly modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian territories. The faith originated in Egypt as an offshoot of ...