On 12 August 1999, Fairuz arrived in Geneva, representing Lebanon and the Arab world with her characteristic composed grace. She had accepted the International Red Cross’s invitation to take part in ...

Lebanese diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most beloved singers, turned 80 on Friday. Fairouz was born Nihad Wadie Haddad to a poor family in Zuqaq el-Balatt neighborhood in Beirut in 1935. In the ...

And I deeply admire the artistic legacy of Ziad Rahbani—the work that Fairuz sang, and through which she stepped beyond the carefully crafted persona the Rahbani brothers had built Since Ziad ...

This year’s Cairo International Jazz Festival (CIJF, 30 October-7 November), the 17th, was dedicated to the late Lebanese ...

Israel has killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which comes only two days after Lebanon’s president announced the country had succumbed to an Israeli pressure ...

It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes on Lebanon since a cease-fire with Hezbollah went into effect about a year ago. By Euan Ward and Ephrat Livni Euan Ward reported from Beirut, Lebanon.

BEIRUT/NICOSIA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-awaited maritime demarcation deal on Wednesday, paving the way for potential exploration of offshore gas fields and energy ...

Hezbollah has confirmed that its top military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Lebanon’s capital. Tabatabai, the chief of staff of the group’s armed wing, ...

The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said were Hezbollah weapons storage facilities after a drone strike earlier in the day killed one person and ...

Israel issues warnings ahead of strikes on Lebanese villages Lebanon reports one person killed earlier in the day Israel says he was a Hezbollah operative Strike on Tuesday was among deadliest since ...

The pope chose a region rife with religious divisions and conflict for his first trip abroad. He arrived in Lebanon on Sunday after a few days in Turkey. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, the Rome bureau ...