Anniversary Of The Sabra And Shatila Massacres In Lebanon Passes Largely Unnoticed

An event the U.N. deemed an act of genocide is apparently not worth including in the American narrative of Middle Eastern history.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

Between Sept. 16  and Sept. 18, 1982, between 762 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians -- most of whom were women, children and the elderly -- were raped, tortured, killed and mutilated in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon. The killings were carried out as retaliation for the assassination of Lebanese President Bachir

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Syrian Refugees Raise Tensions In Fragile Lebanon

According to the UN and other aid agencies, around 1 in 4 people in Lebanon is a refugee, including the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have lived here for generations.

Global Post
By Global Post

QAB ELIAS, Lebanon — The United Nations refugee agency is preparing for an influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon as the United States prepares for military strikes against Syrian regime targets in Damascus and around the country. Several thousand new refugees have fled Damascus for Lebanon in recent days, worried not only about US air strikes

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Is Lebanon On The Brink?

Syria-fueled internal divisions coupled with an increasingly tense border with Israel threaten Lebanon’s fragile peace.

Patrick O. Strickland
By Patrick O. Strickland

Following a sharp uptick in violence in Beirut and Tripoli in recent weeks, Lebanon threatens to descend into complete instability. Coupled with the country’s already fragile sectarian divides, the ongoing crisis in Syria is stoking tensions in Lebanon and recalling a violent past. Droves of Lebanese Sunnis have joined the Free Syrian Army and

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Deadly Bombing Hits Lebanon Civilians

Lebanon’s most deadly bombing in almost 30 years killed at least 22, set buildings ablaze and trapped dozens of residents in their homes.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

BEIRUT — Lebanese forensic experts collected evidence Friday at the scene of a massive explosion in a southern suburb of Beirut that killed 22 people and wounded more than 300, the deadliest blast in the area in nearly three decades. Security officials said they were investigating the possibility that Thursday's blast in Hezbollah's bastion of

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