The town of Zahle in the Bekaa Valley is considered an outpost of Christians in Lebanon. While bombs are falling in the neighboring areas, it has become a gathering point for thousands of refugees.
Most analysts point to one key factor: political sectarianism, or groups looking after their own interests. Lebanon officially recognises 18 religious communities - four Muslim, 12 Christian ...
Maronites, who follow an eastern form of Catholicism, are the largest Christian group in Lebanon, where faith is part of the balance of state power: The president must be a Maronite, the prime ...
Over the next few weeks Christians and Muslims in Lebanon may differ over what ... and where political positions are shared between religious groups. On Thursday Mr Mikati, a Sunni Muslim ...
Israel has also declassified intelligence it claims shows the location of the group’s vast financial reserves. Across Lebanon’s various religious sects people speak of a creeping ...