ALBAWABA - A video of the Lebanese flag being flown at Martyrs' Square, Beirut, with a red sign in place of the customary cedar tree in the middle has gone viral on Lebanese social media and sparked ...

In February 14, 2005, a huge explosion rocked Beirut. Michael Young, a lifelong resident of the city and the opinion editor of the Daily Star, the country’s chief English-language newspaper, felt the ...

There are many ghosts in Beirut’s Martyrs Square, among them numerous courageous and outspoken Lebanese journalists. Samir Kassir, a political commentator and opponent of Syrian meddling in Lebanon, ...

In the early days of the protests, the revolt in Martyr’s Square largely took the form of discussion groups and debates, held in tents. Some of these focussed on a single issue, like the veterans’ ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. To walk past al-Manara square in Ramallah, in the West Bank, or down the main street ...

Valentine’s Day commemoration rallies for two murdered Lebanese — one an extrovert billionaire prime minister; the other a shadowy Shi’ite militant named as one of the world’s most wanted terrorists — ...

BEIRUT: Flag-waving protesters descended on Martyrs' Square in central Beirut again last night to express their disappointment at outgoing Prime Minister Omar Karami's reappointment - and their ...

13 July 2004 With a long history of adapting to change reflected in its many names and identities, Martyrs' Square lies today at a new threshold. To identify new and emerging roles for the Martyrs' ...

Photographs of a sparse crowd in central Beirut today could join other iconic images of democratic aspirations in the Middle East. If the Lebanese turn their backs on a political faction’s call for a ...