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	Evidence of early settlement in Lebanon was found in Byblos, considered among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. [16]		Evidence of early settlement in Lebanon was found in Byblos, considered among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. [16]

	Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. [17]		Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of [[Israel, Palestine and Syria\|Syria]]. [17]

	The evidence dates back to earlier than 5000 BC. Archaeologists discovered remnants of prehistoric huts with crushed limestone floors, primitive weapons, and burial jars left by the Neolithic and Chalcolithic fishing communities who lived on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea over 7,000 years ago. Lebanon was part of northern Canaan, and consequently became the homeland of Canaanite descendants, the Phoenicians, a seafaring people based in the coastal strip of the northern Levant who spread across the Mediterranean in the first millennium BC. The most prominent Phoenician cities were Byblos, Sidon and Tyre. According to the Bible, King Hiram of Tyre collaborated closely with Solomon, supplying cedar logs for Solomon's Temple and sending skilled workers. The Phoenicians are credited with the invention of the oldest verified alphabet, which subsequently inspired the Greek alphabet and the Latin one thereafter. [18]		The evidence dates back to earlier than 5000 BC. Archaeologists discovered remnants of prehistoric huts with crushed limestone floors, primitive weapons, and burial jars left by the Neolithic and Chalcolithic fishing communities who lived on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea over 7,000 years ago. Lebanon was part of northern Canaan, and consequently became the homeland of Canaanite descendants, the Phoenicians, a seafaring people based in the coastal strip of the northern Levant who spread across the Mediterranean in the first millennium BC. The most prominent Phoenician cities were Byblos, Sidon and Tyre. According to the Bible, King Hiram of Tyre collaborated closely with Solomon, supplying cedar logs for Solomon's Temple and sending skilled workers. The Phoenicians are credited with the invention of the oldest verified alphabet, which subsequently inspired the Greek alphabet and the Latin one thereafter. [18]
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	=== Leaders ===		=== Leaders ===

	Chief of state: President Joseph AOUN (since 9 January 2025) Head of government: Prime Minister Nawaf SALAM (since 8 February 2025) [19]		Chief of state: President [[Joseph Aoun\|Joseph AOUN]] (since 9 January 2025) Head of government: Prime Minister [[Nawaf Salam\|Nawaf SALAM]] (since 8 February 2025) [19]


	=== Geography ===		=== Geography ===

	Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria Area: 10,400 sq km Terrain: narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains Natural resources: limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land [20]		Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and [[Israel, Palestine and Syria\|Syria]] Area: 10,400 sq km Terrain: narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains Natural resources: limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land [20]


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	=== Military ===		=== Military ===

	Branches: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (law enforcement; includes Mobile Gendarmerie), General Directorate for Public Security (border control, some domestic security duties) (2025) Personnel: approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, and especially the US (2025) [41]		Branches: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (law enforcement; includes Mobile Gendarmerie), General Directorate for Public Security (border control, some domestic security duties) (2025) Personnel: approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, [[Russia]], and especially the US (2025) [41]


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			{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=89\|asof=2026-08-17\|image=[[File:lebanon-flag.png\|thumb\|220px\|Lebanon flag. (Henri Pharaon, Public domain)]][[File:lebanon-map.png\|thumb\|220px\|Lebanon locator map. (Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

	{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=89\|asof=2026-08-17\|image=[[File:lebanon-flag.png\|thumb\|220px\|Lebanon flag. (Henri Pharaon, Public domain)]][[File:lebanon-map.png\|thumb\|220px\|Lebanon locator map. (Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}
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	'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

	{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=89\|asof=2026-08-17\|image=[[File:lebanon-flag.png\|thumb\|Lebanon flag. (Henri Pharaon, Public domain)]][[File:lebanon-map.png\|thumb\|Lebanon locator map. (Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}		{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=89\|asof=2026-08-17\|image=[[File:lebanon-flag.png\|thumb\|220px\|Lebanon flag. (Henri Pharaon, Public domain)]][[File:lebanon-map.png\|thumb\|220px\|Lebanon locator map. (Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}

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	'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

	{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=89\|asof=2026-08-17}}		{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=89\|asof=2026-08-17\|image=[[File:lebanon-flag.png\|thumb\|Lebanon flag. (Henri Pharaon, Public domain)]][[File:lebanon-map.png\|thumb\|Lebanon locator map. (Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}
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	* [40] The country has experienced a series of migration waves since independence: over 1.8 million people emigrated from the country between 1975 and 2011. Consequently, millions of people of Lebanese descent are spread throughout the world, especially in Latin America; Brazil and Argentina have the largest Lebanese communities, with the former having the largest population in the world, at 5–7 million. North America likewise hosts a large diaspora, particularly in Canada (approximately 250,000–700,000) and the United States (around 2 million). - 1787707364.121196		* [40] The country has experienced a series of migration waves since independence: over 1.8 million people emigrated from the country between 1975 and 2011. Consequently, millions of people of Lebanese descent are spread throughout the world, especially in Latin America; Brazil and Argentina have the largest Lebanese communities, with the former having the largest population in the world, at 5–7 million. North America likewise hosts a large diaspora, particularly in Canada (approximately 250,000–700,000) and the United States (around 2 million). - 1787707364.121196
	* [41] Branches: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (law enforcement; includes Mobile Gendarmerie), General Directorate for Public Security (border control, some domestic security duties) (2025) Personnel: approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, and especially the US (2025) - 1787695230.96575		* [41] Branches: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (law enforcement; includes Mobile Gendarmerie), General Directorate for Public Security (border control, some domestic security duties) (2025) Personnel: approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, and especially the US (2025) - 1787695230.96575

	~~== Images ==~~

	~~[[File:lebanon-flag.png\|thumb\|Lebanon flag. (Henri Pharaon, Public domain)]]~~

	~~[[File:lebanon-map.png\|thumb\|Lebanon locator map. (Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0)]]~~

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	'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Lebanon''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

			{{Infobox place\|name=Lebanon\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=65\|asof=2026-08-17}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-17\|summary=Most recent archived item: Lebanon Flare-Up and Gaza Strikes Dent Mideast Peace Prospects - reported by outlet not recorded\|latest=outlet not recorded}}
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	* [36] Equipment: the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, and especially the US (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* [36] Equipment: the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, and especially the US (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* [37] Personnel: approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* [37] Personnel: approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook

			{{See also\|pages=[[Timeline:Lebanon\|Timeline: Lebanon]] · [[Gaza]]}}

	== Publication history ==		== Publication history ==
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	* [7] 2026-06-12 - outlet not recorded: The U.S. Should Not Encourage Syria to Enter Lebanon		* [7] 2026-06-12 - outlet not recorded: The U.S. Should Not Encourage Syria to Enter Lebanon
	* [8] 2026-06-09 - outlet not recorded: ~~U.S. Backs Lebanon's Territorial Integrity, Appearing to Contradict Netanyahu~~		* [8] 2026-06-08 - outlet not recorded: Show Us the Money
	* [9] 2026-06-06 - ynet.co.il: Gaza is a step away from catastrophe		* [9] 2026-06-06 - ynet.co.il: Gaza is a step away from catastrophe
	* [10] 2026-06-05 - outlet not recorded: Lebanon’s President Accuses Iran of Using Lebanon as Bargaining Chip, Urges Diplomacy Over War		* [10] 2026-06-05 - outlet not recorded: Lebanon’s President Accuses Iran of Using Lebanon as Bargaining Chip, Urges Diplomacy Over War
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 * [27] Government type: parliamentary democratic republic - CIA World Factbook
 * [28] Legal system: mixed system of civil law based on the French civil code, Ottoman legal tradition, and religious laws covering personal status, marriage, divorce, and other family relations of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities - CIA World Factbook
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 * [27] Government type: parliamentary democratic republic - 1787695230.96575
 * [28] Legal system: mixed system of civil law based on the French civil code, Ottoman legal tradition, and religious laws covering personal status, marriage, divorce, and other family relations of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities - 1787695230.96575
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