1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon out of the provinces of Mount Lebanon, north Lebanon, south Lebanon and ...

‘I am honoured,’ he continued, ‘to be the first President of the Republic after the commemoration of the centenary of the State of Greater Lebanon, at a time when an earthquake has just hit ...

By Aryn Baker and Abdi Latif Dahir Abdi Latif Dahir reported from Beirut, Lebanon. Weeks after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, Hasan Raad went from a decent job and a comfortable life to ...

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