Bekaa Valley

Lebanese civil defence inspect the destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Douris, near Baalbeck in Lebanon's Bekaa valley is seen on March 6, 2026.
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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41 dead as Hezbollah clashes with Israeli troops in east Lebanon

Hezbollah said it had repelled a raid by Israeli special forces on a village close to the Syrian border overnight on Saturday

The New Arab Staff
07 March, 2026
Israeli army attacks southern Lebanon
Lebanon
MENA
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One killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon as US pushes for talks

The New Arab Staff
26 February, 2026
Noah Zaiter’s arrest: More symbolic than impactful
Lebanon
MENA
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Has Beirut won war on drugs with arrest of druglord Nouh Zaiter?

Nicholas Frakes
26 November, 2025
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The New Arab Voice Podcast

Podcast

Hezbollah's Existential Crisis

Hugo Goodridge
01 October, 2025
Israel and Syria have begun rare direct face-to-face talks to ease border tensions [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Is Syria eyeing Tripoli, parts of Lebanon for peace with Israel?

The New Arab Staff
04 July, 2025
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Fashion
Art
Lifestyle
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LAMSA: The fashion brand uniting Bekaa's women through crochet

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

21 February, 2025
Men celebrating next to a Syrian opposition flag
Post-Assad Syria
Society
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No going back as post-Assad Syria shakes off decades of terror

The New Arab Staff

Shahira Salloum

28 January, 2025
Deir al Ahmar
Lebanon
Society
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Deir al-Ahmar's Christian community host displaced neighbours

Philippe Pernot

Philippe Pernot

21 November, 2024
Bekaa Valley strike [Getty]
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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60 killed in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley by Israeli strikes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2024
Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike near the ruins of the ancient Roman Temple of Bacchus in Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley on October 6, 2024.
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Safety fears for Lebanon's Baalbek ruins after Israeli strikes

The New Arab Staff
12 October, 2024
Lebanon
MENA
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Israel strikes kill at least five in Lebanon, including two children

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 May, 2024
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon: Two Jamaa Islamiya members killed by Israeli strike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 April, 2024
Dead fish, garbage, cancer: The Litani River’s seven plagues
Lebanon
Environment and Climate
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Dead fish, garbage, cancer: The Litani River’s seven plagues

The New Arab Staff

Phillipe Pernot and Mira Succari

10 October, 2023
Opinion - Narrated Tale of Two Marias
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Narrated

From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

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Ibrahim Al-Marashi

14 September, 2023
Syrian refugees
In-depth
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In crisis-hit Lebanon, Syrian refugees kidnapped for ransom

Philippe Pernot
12 September, 2023
Talal Salman
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon: As-Safir founder Talal Salman's funeral takes place

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2023
Syrian refugees have suffered increasing discrimination at the hands of Lebanese authorities [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Lebanese security ‘cuts internet’ to Syrian refugees

The New Arab Staff
27 October, 2022
Screenshot of photo of Iraqi ambassador to Lebanon using an RPG during a 'hunting trip' to the Bekaa.
Iraq
MENA
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Iraqi ambassador to Beirut dismissed after RPG scandal

William Christou
19 July, 2022
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The New Arab Voice
In-depth
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Beirut-ing for Change

Hugo Goodridge
20 May, 2022
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MENA
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Explosion heard in outskirts of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 December, 2021
Bekaa valley camp - Muslim Hands
winter
Perspectives

For Lebanon's displaced Syrians, hope is a powerful thing

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Ayman Agabani

24 December, 2020