In this April 10, 2014 photo, luxury high-rise buildings line the seafront, in Beirut Lebanon. One by one, the old traditional houses of Beirut are vanishing as luxury towers sprout up on every corner ...

BEIRUT — A massive explosion Tuesday at the port in the Lebanese capital of Beirut left at least 135 people dead and thousands of other people injured. Update 8:05 a.m. EDT Aug. 6: Officials in ...

Before it became the poster child for urban disaster areas in the mid-1970s, Beirut was called the Paris of the Middle East. With its French Mandate architecture, its world-class cuisine, its ...

“I have made my analysis and Lebanon has Stage IV cancer,” I overheard a Lebanese economist, who was visiting Beirut from New York, quip darkly one afternoon last August. The devastating explosion on ...

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The Israel Defense Forces confirmed a targeted missile strike was made Friday on Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. Security officials claim the airstrike was targeting Ibrahim Aqil, a member of ...

“Definitely Beirut is devastated,” was Dr. Rita Rhayem’s short assessment of conditions three days after a catastrophic explosion in the city’s port district sent a shockwave across Lebanon and then ...

One by one, the old traditional houses of Beirut are vanishing as luxury towers sprout up on every corner, altering the city's skyline almost beyond recognition amid an ongoing construction frenzy ...