However, the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration is placing renewed pressure on Lebanon's new government to ...

A Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant has arrived in Lebanon following his release after more than 40 years in ...

A military tribunal in Lebanon sentenced a man to death for the 2022 murder of 24-year-old Irish UN soldier Seán Rooney, according to Irish and Lebanese media reports.Rooney, a private, was murdered ...

Businessman Bahaa Hariri said that Lebanon and the region are going through a critical phase. He stressed that Lebanon needs ...

STORY: :: Huge explosions seen near Beirut's airport minutes after a plane lands:: Beirut, Lebanon:: October 4, 2024Live video from Reuters showed the sky light up with and several loud bangs were ...

Beirut's main airport will suspend flights for four hours on Sunday because of the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the former head of the Lebanese Islamist militia Hezbollah. "The airport will be ...

As Israeli strikes devastate Lebanon, calls to safeguard the country's only airport -- a lifeline for aid and travel located precariously close to Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold -- have gained ...

Posted: October 3, 2024 | Last updated: October 4, 2024 Missiles strike near Beirut airport just minutes after flight lands from Paris. It appeared to be taxiing as the first explosions happened.

BEIRUT, Sept 28 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike hit an industrial area 500 metres from Beirut airport buildings, a security source told Reuters, saying it was the closest strike yet to the airport.

BEIRUT—The pilots who fly to and from Beirut-Rafic Hariri Airport prefer to use the westernmost of its three runways, the one that hugs the Mediterranean Sea.

“As long as the airport is open, it means we’re not totally screwed,” said Makram Rabah, a historian at the American University of Beirut. “There’s a Mediterranean element here.