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Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite. Here are some of the main crises over the past two decades in a country that has known little stability since the end of its 1975-90 civil war: 2005 Former premier Rafik al-Hariri is killed and 21 others die in a bomb attack on his motorcade in Beirut on Feb. 14.

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Lebanon Fast Facts Here is a look at Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country bordering Syria, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. About Lebanon Area: 10,400 sq km (slightly larger than Connecticut) Population: 5,261,372 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 33.7 years Religion: Muslim 61.1%, Christian 33.7%, Druze 5.2% (2018 est.) Timeline 1918 – After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, France gains control of the area that comprises modern-day Lebanon. November 1943 – Lebanon proclaims independence. 194...

Iran’s regional chess game exposes US confusion Nadim Shehadi January 27, 2021 23:25 Negotiators of Iran and six world powers face each other at a table in the historic basement of Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna, April 24, 2015. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/867gs On the day that Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in Baghdad last January, he was a field commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), moving across borders between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, wh...

Lebanon Fast Facts elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Here is a look at Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country bordering Syria, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. About Lebanon Area: 10,400 sq km (slightly larger than Connecticut) Population: 5,261,372 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 33.7 years Religion: Muslim 61.1%, Christian 33.7%, Druze 5.2% (2018 est.) Timeline 1918 – After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, France gains control of the area that comprises modern-day Lebanon. November 1943 – ...

Lebanon Fast Facts Here is a look at Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country bordering Syria, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. About Lebanon Area: 10,400 sq km (slightly larger than Connecticut) Population: 5,261,372 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 33.7 years Religion: Muslim 61.1%, Christian 33.7%, Druze 5.2% (2018 est.) Timeline 1918 – After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, France gains control of the area that comprises modern-day Lebanon. November 1943 – Lebanon proclaims independence. 194...

Religion: Muslim 61.1%, Christian 33.7%, Druze 5.2% (2018 est.) Timeline 1918 – After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, France gains control of the area that comprises modern-day Lebanon. November 1943 – Lebanon proclaims independence. 1948-1975 – A large number of Palestinian refugees settle in Lebanon after the creation of Israel in May 1948. The frequent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters unsettle the country. Also at times, the Lebanese army fights battles aga...