Lebanon Travel News

BEIRUT: When the Palestinians came to Lebanon as refugees, they left behind almost everything.

BEIRUT: Saeed Mohamed Hammo technically does not exist as far as the world is concerned.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon may soon receive passports from the Palestinian Authority.

BEIRUT: The Tourism Ministry held a news conference at its office Tuesday to discuss efforts to make Jeita Grotto one the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

Lebanon attracts all kinds of expats. Take Sinuhe, an Egyptian. He got in political trouble at home and had to flee, heading first for Byblos on the coast and then settling near Baalbek.

BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri's media adviser Ali Hamdan said on Monday cluster bombs dropped by Israel during the summer 2006 ought to be considered "a prolongation of Israeli attacks and violence against Lebanon." Hamdan spoke to reporters after visiting Salim Nimr Hamdan, 70, who was severely wounded after a cluster bomb exploded in his southern ...

BEIRUT: To say that Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon do not enjoy a particularly good reputation is a glaring understatement.

Articles 08:51 11/27/2009 An artist's rendering shows a 'massive ordinance penetrator' bomb.

Many Jordanians are planning to spend the Eid Al Adha holiday outside the Kingdom, foregoing local resorts for destinations in Egypt and Lebanon, travel agents said on Thursday.

BEIRUT: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has reportedly asked its citizens wishing to travel to Syria to abide by the legal procedures and not to cross illegally into Lebanon from Syrian territories, Al-Mustaqbal newspaper reported on Monday.

BEIRUT: Lebanon may see parts of its coastline vanish if climate change continues unabated, according to a landmark report on the evolving environment of the Arab world.

BEIRUT: The country's political crisis may have been resolved for now, but Lebanon is still exposed to a looming danger of a different kind: natural disasters such as floods, forest fires, landslides and above all earthquakes pose a very real threat to the country's infrastructure and population.

BEIRUT: Members of the Italian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon celebrated on Monday the Italian Armed Forces Day at the Officers Club in Kaslik, during a glittering reception offered by the Italian Embassy Military Attache Colonel Bettelli and his spouse.

Date : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:41:05 +0400 PAMBOOKIAN RECEIVES AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY University Chronicle Nov 12 2009 Professor Emeritus Hagop Pambookian received the OPA's Lifetime Achievement in Psychology Award.

BEIRUT: We all know about the armies that tussled over Lebanon through the centuries; a new anthology shows that as many writers have tried to capture the country in words.

On Sunday, The Observer published two articles that touched upon the relationship between Israel and Lebanon, with specific reference to the 2006 war.

BEIRUT: Ten villages in the north Lebanon province of Akkar have come together to give the youth in their communities a larger leadership role, with the help of America, a US Embassy statement said on Wednesday.

Lebanon: 2 hours, 47 minutes ago Beirut has just received a shot of high octane glamour with the opening of CampbellGray Hotels' first property in Lebanon and the Middle East, Le Gray.

BEIRUT: Samira Soueidan's story is not unusual in Lebanon. The Burj Hammoud resident fell in love, married and started a family.When her husband passed away in 1994, Soueidan was left with four children the Lebanese state viewed as foreigners.

BEIRUT: Chief economist at Bank Audi said that the Middle East economy was not immune from the negative effects of the global financial crisis.