Aug 05, 2020 · The Lebanese government has resigned amid growing public anger following a devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August that killed at …

Lebanon, country located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a narrow strip of territory and is one of the world’s smaller sovereign states. The capital is Beirut. Though Lebanon, particularly its coastal region, was the site of some of the oldest human settlements in the world—the Phoenician ports of Tyre (modern Ṣūr), Sidon (Ṣaydā), and Byblos (Jubayl ...

Most people in Lebanon are religious and monotheistic. Lebanon is made up of Muslim and Christian sects which escaped persecution throughout history by seeking shelter in its mountains. No one religion is dominant. The country has Muslim Shiites, Sunnis, Druzes and Christian Maronites, and Greek Orthodox and Armenian Orthodox. ...

Tyre (/ ˈ t aɪər /; Arabic: صور, romanized: Ṣūr; Phoenician: ????????, romanized: Ṣūr, Greek Tyros, Τύρος) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a tiny population. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and ...

Read more stories of how we are moving people from despair to hope! INVEST NOW. FAMILIES IN DESPAIR. Regional wars. a refugee crisis, economic collapse, and the spread of radical ideologies have resulted in a deep despair in Lebanon and throughout the Middle East. Families are desperate for basic provisions and longing for Hope. SEE OUR IMPACT.

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Country Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Recovered Active Cases Critical Cases; UAE: 954,692: 1,732: 2,319-935,026: 17,347-Saudi Arabia: 797,940: 566

At the end of 2016 there were more than 40 million internally displaced people worldwide. This brochure explores the issue, and details how the ICRC works to help people avoid displacement and to address the specific needs of those displaced and their host communities.

Lebanese Brazilians (Portuguese: Líbano-brasileiros), (Arabic: البرازيلي اللبناني) are Brazilians of full or partial Lebanese ancestry, including Lebanese-born immigrants to Brazil.. The population of Brazil of either full or partial Lebanese descent is estimated by the Brazilian and Lebanese governments to be around 7 million people.

Oct 14, 2021 · Third, a huge explosion at the port in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, in August 2020 killed more than 200 people and destroyed several thriving neighborhoods. “A lot of …