Lebanon
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National anthem of Lebanon
- Head Of Government:
- Prime Minister: Najib Mikati
- Capital:
- Beirut
- Population:
- (2024 est.) 7,447,000
- Head Of State:
- President: vacant
- Form Of Government:
- unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (National Assembly [1281])
Recent News
May 2, 2024, 4:37 PM ET (AP)
EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
May 1, 2024, 4:08 PM ET (AP)
The Latest | In Israel, Blinken pushes Hamas to agree on Gaza cease-fire deal
Apr. 30, 2024, 8:49 PM ET (AP)
The Latest | Blinken says Israel will open a major aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza
Apr. 29, 2024, 7:43 PM ET (AP)
The Latest | Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people
Apr. 28, 2024, 4:25 PM ET (AP)
Top French diplomat arrives in Lebanon in attempt to broker a halt to Hezbollah-Israel clashes
Lebanon, country located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a narrow strip of territory and is one of the world’s smaller sovereign states. The capital is Beirut. Though Lebanon, particularly its coastal region, was the site of some of the oldest human settlements in the world—the Phoenician ports of Tyre (modern Ṣūr), Sidon (Ṣaydā), and Byblos (Jubayl) were dominant centres of trade and culture in the 3rd millennium bce—it was not until 1920 that the contemporary state came into being. In that year France, which administered Lebanon as a League of Nations mandate, established the ...(100 of 17994 words)