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Different religious communities in Lebanon observed the shift independently. [8] As a result, some places or regions in Lebanon temporarily used different time zones, causing mass confusion. [citation needed] On 27 March, Lebanon's prime minister Najib Mikati announced that EEST would be used starting at midnight of 29 March. [9]
The number of Muslims in Lebanon has been disputed for many years. There has been no official census in Lebanon since 1932. According to the CIA World Factbook , [ 19 ] the Muslim population is estimated at around 59.5% [ 20 ] within the Lebanese territory and of the 8.6 [ 21 ] –14 [ 22 ] million Lebanese diaspora is believed by some to be ...
In October 2019, and until August 2020, a series of civil protests ensued in Lebanon, now known as the 17 October Revolution condemning sectarian rule amongst a myriad of other issues plaguing their country. [37] Lina Khatib, a journalist for Al Jazeera, has labelled these protests as "cross-sectarian". She notes: "They are taking place across ...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond a 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah because its terms have not been fully implemented, the ...
In 1920, France legally extended the borders of Greater Lebanon to include all the territories of what is now Lebanon. This enhanced the position of the Maronites, whose population exceeded that of the Sunni Muslims in the new districts. [6] This changed Lebanon's demographics, as the territories added contained predominantly Muslim areas.
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the ...
On August 5, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli war-planes killed 3 civilians, aged 2 to 48 years of age. The IDF offered no explanations to the strike. [ 8 ]
A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon. Twenty-two-year-old ...