Lebanon

Basics of the dispute over Shebaa Farms, the sliver of land at the Lebanon-Syria border that Israel has occupied as part of the Golan Heights since 1967.

Full Text of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 Ending Israel-Hezbollah War (2006)

Vice President Joe Biden's visit in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 22, 2009, was an Obama administration campaign stop against projected Hezbollah gains in Lebanon's upcoming election.

On August 23, 2962, Vice President Lyndon Johnson visited Beirut, lebanon, the first American vice president ever to do so.

Country by Country Facts and Figures on Christians of the Middle East, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Iraq and Egypt.

Definition of Dunam, or Dunum, the measure of landholdings in the Ottoman Empire and Palestine/Israel.

Lebanon's March 14 Alliance, created out of the Cedar Revolution: brief definition and history of the pro-Western alliance.

Lebanon's March 8 alliance: definition and brief history of the pro-Syrian, Hezbollah-led political coalition.

Beyond stereotype: Lebanon's Ayatollah Fadlallah, Hezbollah's spiritual leader. An analysis of the interview with the Wall Street Journal.

The Rafik Hariri tribunal was established by the United Nations in 2007 to investigate and bring to justice perpetrators of the Feb. 14, 2005 assassination of Lebanon's Rafik Hariri. Answers to frequently asked questions about the tribunal

A timeline of events in Lebanon immediately before and after the Rafik Hariri Assassination (2004-2005)

A History and Tally of Lebanon Assassinations Since the 1970s, including the assassination of Lebanese politicians, clerics, journalists and intellectuals--from bashir Gemayel to Rafik Hariri and beyond.

Amin Maalouf's "Origins" is a wonderful memoir and investigation of the author's family through a century of letters, poems and memories from the mountains of Lebanon to Havana, Cuba.

Definition of Mount Sannin, one of the highest peaks in the Mount Lebanon mountain range on whose flanks Lebanon's most famous cedars still reign.

A Bibliography of th Works of Gibran Khalil Gibran, Lebanese American Author of "The Prophet."

A profile of Gibran Khalil Gibran (18883-1931), Lebanese-American author of "The Prophet" and other works.

Excerpts from the works of Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gibran, author of "The Prophet."

Terry Anderson, held hostage almost seven years by Islamist militants in Lebanon, remembers his ordeal without vengeance.

An account of the day Terry Anderson was taken hostage by Shiite militants in Beirut, Lebanon, in his words and those of an Associated Press colleague. Anderson would become the longest-held American hostage in the Middle East in history.

When I was a child in Beirut and didn't know better, I used to look forward to Independence Day for its "défilé militaire," the military parade that, in most countries that confuse martial pornography with strength, still seems to be the habitual way of celebrating Big National Days.

Definition and history of arak, the Lebanese drink also consumed in other parts of the Eastern mediterranean

A year-by-year timeline of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), which claimed the lives of some 200,000 people and left Lebanon in ruins and divided.

The White House asked Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff to write of his experience during the rescue effort following the bombing of the US Marines barracks in Beirut in 1983, when 241 Marines were killed. The text of Rabbi Resnicoff's recollections.

A profile of Saad Haddad and the South Lebanon Army, who operated in South Lebanon alongside Israeli forces between 1976 and 2000.

Text of United Nations Resolution 425 (1978) Calling for Israel's Withdrawal from Lebanon and the establishment of UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Lebanon's Saint Charbel, the monk of the Mountains, was canonized on Oct. 9, 1977, by Pope Paul VI, the first Maronine priest to be sainted.

Brigitte Gabriel is a Lebanese-born Christian who's marketing her experiences in war-torn Lebanon into fear-whipping Islamophobia in the United States.

Your Guide to the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Lebanon: LebanonÂ’s Olympic history and country profile, and LebanonÂ’s athletes at the 2008 Olympics by name and by sport, or game.

A short biographical sketch of Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese-Druze militant captured after attacking an Israeli family in 1979 and released to Hezbollah in July 2008.

In June 2008, Israel offered to talk peace with Lebanon, putting everything on the table--including talks over the future of disputed Shebaa Farms. Lebanon spurned the offer.

Lebanese President Gen. Michel Suleiman was elected at the end of an 18-month constitutional crisis that brought Lebanon close to civil war. He is revered by the Lebanese as their "savior." It's a tall order.

Description and definition of Lebanon's Litani River and its meaning in the geopolitics of the region.

Largely forgotten today, Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon killed almost 2,000 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians and set a pattern of punishing retaliation against Lebanon that endures to this day--without results.

Lebanese presidential elections since 1976 have been successive stories of foreign interference, constitutional gerrymandering, assassinations, stalemate and scornful compromise. They're democratic in name only.

More interested in commerce than empire, the people of Lebanon have historically been more inclined to play host to a succession of invaders than build a national identity. That’s been as true since Lebanon got its independence from France in 1943 as it was in the past.

A 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah that failed to achieve Israel's objectives while feeding into Hezbollah's mythology as Lebanon's "liberator."

The Battle for the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr-el Bared, where the terrorist group Fatah al-Islam was entrenched, and what the battle means for Lebanon's future.

How and why Lebanon's fate hangs on Hezbollah's reaction to the Hariri Tribunal, which may implicate Hezbollah in the assassination of Rafik Hariri in 2005.

The impact of the Syrian uprising on Lebanon will be as closely watched as the events in Syria itself. Have a look at 10 developments that can draw Lebanon into the fight.