لبنان او الجمهوريّة اللبنانيّة هي دولة تقع في الشرق الأوسط في جنوب غرب القارة الآسيوية. يحدها سوريا من الشمال و من الشرق، وإسرائيل من الجنوب. تطل من جهة الغرب على البحر الأبيض المتوسط.
The Republic of Lebanon is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is bordered by ► Syria to the north and east and ► Israel to the south. Near Lebanon lies the island of ► Cyprus.
Le Liban est un pays du Proche-Orient, autrefois l'antique Phénicie. Le Liban est entouré de deux pays, la Syrie avec 376 km de frontière et Israël avec 79 km de frontière, et par la mer Méditerranée avec 240 km de côtes. Beyrouth est la capitale de la république libanaise. La langue officielle est l'arabe et la monnaie la livre libanaise.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Lebanon, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Lebanon.
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
Blue Line demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, established by the UN after the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon after its short 1978 invasion called "Operation Litani"
Targets in Lebanon
Lebanese Areas Targeted 7-12 to 7-27
Areas in Lebanon targeted by Israeli bombing, 12 July to 13 August 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
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