BEIRUT, Lebanon — Armed clashes between sectarian militias transformed Beirut neighborhoods into a deadly war zone on Thursday, raising fears that violence could fill the void left by the near-collapse of the Lebanese state. Rival gunmen, chanting in support of their leaders, hid behind cars and dumpsters to fire automaticContinue Reading
Heavy gunfire echoed through the streets of Lebanon on Thursday after a morning of protests descended into violent clashes that left at least four dead and more than two dozen injured, according to the authorities and video from the scene. The Lebanese military was deployed to try to calm theContinue Reading
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s sputtering national electricity grid went back online on Sunday after the army provided emergency fuel supplies to the government, temporarily easing a daylong outage that served as a reminder of the country’s economic collapse. The two main power plants, chronically short of fuel, were providing onlyContinue Reading