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 ...

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

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 ...

Telecommunications Minister Charles Hage has officially signed off on new commemorative postal stamps honoring the legendary ...

The festival’s artistic director, cellist Khaled Dagher, stated during the festival's press conference that the Pyramids Echo “is a dream for every Egyptian musician” and that the festival is designed ...

Throughout the years, the Rahbani family has been engraved in the heart of Lebanese and Arab musical legacy. Blending Western and Oriental sounds, they forged a new voice for the region. From Assi ...

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.

Lebanon and Cyprus have signed a long-delayed sea border agreement, ending an almost 20-year impasse BEIRUT -- Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-delayed sea border agreement on Wednesday, ending an ...

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 ...

The UN human rights office has urged a “prompt and impartial” investigation into Israeli strikes in Lebanon, warning of possible violations of international humanitarian law nearly a year after a ...

An Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Several others were injured by the strike on the Ain ...