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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]
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / bay-ROOT; [3] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ / b eɪ ˈ r uː t /) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, [4] which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the country's coastline
Green Line (Lebanon) Coordinates: 33.8786°N 35.5151°E. A CIA map of neighborhoods in Beirut in 1986, which also shows the Green Line. Green Line, Beirut, 1982. The Green Line (Arabic: الخط الأخضر) was a line of demarcation in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990. It separated the mainly Muslim factions in ...
UTC−08:00 (Zone 4 or Northwest Zone) – State of Baja California. UTC−07:00 (Zone 3 or Pacific Zone) – States of Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora. UTC−06:00 (Zone 2 or Central Zone) – Most of Mexico. UTC−05:00 (Zone 1 or Southeast Zone) – State of Quintana Roo. Time in Mexico. Chile.
UAE (1976–79) South Yemen (1976–77) The Lebanese Civil War (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اللبنانيةAl-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities [ 5 ] and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon.
Geography of Lebanon. Lebanon is a small country in the Levant region of the Eastern Mediterranean, located at approximately 34˚N, 35˚E. It stretches along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and its length is almost three times its width. From north to south, the width of its terrain becomes narrower.
The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, [4] is a series of military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization, as well as various militias and militants acting from within Lebanon. The conflict peaked in the 1980s, during the Lebanese Civil War. Israel occupied Southern Lebanon ...