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Beirut

Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon, as well as the country's largest city. As one of the oldest and most continuously inhabited cities in the world, Beirut has a history that goes back thousands of years. Currently, it is the fourth-largest city in the Levant, behind Amman, Tel Aviv, and Damascus. 

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 Hezbollah flags flutter as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah, in Sanaa, Yemen September 27, 2024.

Hezbollah ready to lay down weapons if Israel withdraws from Lebanon

By REUTERS
 Beirut Port, one of the largest and busiest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, shows traces of Beirut 2020 port explosion on October 10, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. The city, which located on the eastern Mediterranean coast, has a population of over 1.5 million.

Iran resumes smuggling arms to Hezbollah via Beirut’s port

The Beirut Port after Tuesday’s explosion that killed at least 157 and wounded more than 5,000

Lebanese judge questions Hezbollah-affiliated security officials over Beirut port blast

 Workers unload aid containers from a Turkish ship docked at Beirut Port, on November 1, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Iran's Al Quds special forces use Beirut Port to smuggle Hezbollah weapons

 US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, in this handout image released on April 5, 2025.

US special Mideast envoy meets Lebanese officials to discuss contentious border issues

 IDF jets preparing to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, March 22, 2025.

IAF kills Hassan Ali Badir, a terrorist for Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Forces, in Beirut strike

First responders work at the site of an Israeli strike in southern Beirut on March 28, 2025

Israel recalibrating rules of war after Hezbollah rockets, strike in Beirut

 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Naim Qassem delivers a televised speech from an unknown location earlier this month. He has reaffirmed the legal and moral justification for Hezbollah’s ‘resistance,’ the writer notes.

Hezbollah chief: Hezbollah has fully adhered to ceasefire deal, Israel has not

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Malaysia-Turkey Business Forum during his working visit to Malaysia, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 11, 2025.

Israel's Foreign Ministry slams Erdogan for condemning Israel's Beirut strike

 US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus gives a statement after a meeting with the Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 7, 2025.

US deputy Middle East envoy: Lebanese gov't must eliminate groups firing on Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of background of a site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 28, 2025 (illustration.

Netanyahu: Israel will not allow any fire on our communities

 French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun arrive to give a joint press conference, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025.

French, Lebanese presidents condemn Israeli strikes on Beirut as 'unacceptable'

 Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025.

Lebanon will ask Saudi Arabia to resume $3 billion grant to army, president says

By REUTERS
 An IDF jet flies over Nasrallah and Safieddine's funeral ceremony in Beirut on February 23, 2025.

IDF's Nasrallah funeral flyover shows things not what they were a year ago

 People gather to attend the public funeral ceremony of Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed during Israeli airstrikes last year, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon February 23, 2025.

Katz threatens Hezbollah as IAF planes fly over Nasrallah's funeral

By REUTERS
 Sahar Shehade stands near banners of former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes last year, during preparations for their funerals at Camille Chamoun Sports city stadium, in Beirut, Lebanon February 22, 2025

Iran officials flock to Beirut for Nasrallah funeral, to show they still back Hezbollah

 A man carries a Hezbollah flag as he stands on the rubble of a damaged site in Beirut's southern suburbs, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Beirut, Lebanon November 27, 2024.

Hezbollah disrupts Lebanon: Riots, UNIFIL assault challenge new government

 Lt.-Gen. Arlodo Lazaro, chief UNIFIL force commander, in front of Rafik Hariri international Airport, Beirut (illustrative).

Hezbollah supporters injure UNIFIL commander during attack on convoy