Even during the 1975-1990 war when battles in downtown Beirut were almost within earshot, the Corniche was claimed by runners. "In the beginning, running the Corniche was indeed a very courageous ...

As Beirut waits for that response, and Israel’s possible retaliation, the city is a little quieter, a little less frenetic. The normal patterns of life have been altered ever so slightly.

When the former U.S. Marine was stationed in Beirut in 1983, his unit was confined behind sandbags on a 700-yard strip of the Corniche as a precaution against the shelling, car bombs and sniper ...

First round: In a city like Beirut, you’ll be eating from dawn to dusk and back again.Start with a major source of national pride: the man’oushe, a type of morning pizzette with an endless ...

She and her daughter spent a night sleeping on the corniche, the seaside walk around central areas of Beirut that in peaceful ...

BEIRUT - In a country with 18 official sects, a new, ancient, form of spiritualism has joined the scene this week, as the Middle East's first Kabbalah centre outside of Israel has opened in Lebanon.

The idyllic waterfront promenade of Corniche Beirut, lined with palm trees, is now thronged with people who have nowhere to go. Families sleep on thin mattresses or inside cars, ...

Walking along the Corniche, we meet Kassem A’achour, who fled his home town of Shaqra in southern Lebanon 21 days ago. He is lying on a mattress under a palm tree, seeking respite from the ...

She is now sleeping on the Corniche, Beirut's waterfront strip, in front of fancy hotels and restaurants. "I was displaced from Aleppo and I came to Lebanon, but these kind of monstrous acts, I ...

A family sits on Beirut's corniche after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes.(AP: Bilal Hussein) Long shadow of war. These are early days in this war between Israel and Hezbollah.