50 years after Lebanon's civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder

How Lebanon missed the chance for reconciliation after civil war

Fifty years after the outbreak of Lebanon's civil war, Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says the country remains haunted by unresolved legacies, deep-rooted sectarianism, and the absence of genuine reconciliation. As Lebanon marked the anniversary of the start of the civil war on Sunday, Mitri, speaking exclusively to The New Arab's Arabic-language edition Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflected on the war’s enduring impact on both the nation and his per…

50 years after Lebanon's civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder

What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 years of civil war.

It was just fifty years ago: on 13 April 1975, the attack on Beirut by a bus of Palestinian fedayins by Christian militias would propel the country of the Cedar into a terrible civil war. It will not end until fifteen years later, without victors or defeats. Since then, on its unsutured scars, local and regional problems, which continue to threaten the fragile Lebanese balance, are grafted together.

Fifty years after Lebanon's civil war, ex-fighters warn young people against violence

Five decades after the start of Lebanon's civil war, veterans of the conflict are speaking out about their past role in the country's warring militias and how they broke with their respective parties. With the threat of war ever present, they worry that young Lebanese – who do not learn the history of the conflict at school – will fall into the spiral of violence like they did. Our reporters Sophie Guignon and Chloé Domat went to meet them.

April 13 marks the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), one of the deadliest in the 20th century. Back to a complex conflict, marked by an inextricable entanglement of internal dynamics and regional and international issues.

Lebanon: Order of Malta commits to be part of the solution "at any cost"

A conference in Rome reveals that the Order of Malta’s work in Lebanon over the last 70 years could be "a model for the region" as the work supports ...