Beirut
national capital, Lebanon
Also known as: Bayrut, Berot, Beyrouth, Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus
Recent News
Sep. 2, 2024, 4:49 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Some Lebanese who fear war is coming have an unusual backup plan: Moving to Syria
Aug. 26, 2024, 10:05 AM ET (AP)
It looked like Israel and Hezbollah had gone to war, but then they pulled back. Here's what to know
Aug. 26, 2024, 1:21 AM ET (AP)
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Aug. 26, 2024, 1:07 AM ET (AP)
Its economy and infrastructure battered, can Lebanon afford a war with Israel?
Aug. 25, 2024, 12:59 PM ET (AP)
Former five-time Lebanese prime minister Salim Hoss dies at 94
Beirut, capital, chief port, and largest city of Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains. Beirut is a city of baffling contradictions whose character blends the sophisticated and cosmopolitan with the provincial and parochial. Before 1975 Beirut was widely considered the most thoroughly Westernized city in the Arab Middle East; after that, however, 15 years of civil war ravaged most parts of the city and eroded much of the lustre that had formerly concealed the Arab—as distinct from the Levantine—side of its character. Despite the sectarian and ideological passions unleashed by the ...(100 of 3175 words)