Roman ruins stand in front of the city of Baalbek in Lebanon on November 4, 2024. Israel has increasingly targeted Baalbek and the surrounding Bekaa valley. (photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images) But hope ...

BAALBEK, Lebanon, November 13 (UNHCR) - Under the Romans, Baalbek was known as Heliopolis, or the City of the Sun. In more recent times, the ancient settlement in northern Lebanon's fertile Bekaa ...

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The black-clad priest yanked on the white rope. At once the bells began to clang. The evening mass was beginning at the Monastery of Mar Maroun, or Saint Maroun, in the town of Annaya, high in the ...

The UNESCO World Heritage site, located approximately 40 miles northeast of Beirut, dates back 11,000 years to the Phoenician times. (all photos © UNESC), by ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon, calling on political leaders to seek reconciliation and put national interests ...