Before our modern borders, the oldest countries in the Middle East were out here building pyramids, writing the first laws, ...

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Lebanon has appointed a new army chief and heads of three security agencies as the government seeks to firm up state ...

Israeli strikes on Wednesday pounded Lebanon's Tyre, an ancient coastal city which boasts a UNESCO World Heritage site, leaving swathes of its centre in ruins. The raids, among the worst since the ...