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Agriculture in Lebanon is the third most productive sector in the country after the tertiary and industrial sectors. It contributes 3.1% of GDP [1] and 8 percent of the effective labor force. [2] The sector includes an informal Syrian labor [3] and is dependent on foreign labor for its productivity. [4] Main crops include cereals (mainly wheat ...
Amel Association International. Amel Association is a Lebanese, non-sectarian, non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO), created by Kamel Mohanna in 1979, in response to the Israeli invasion of 1978. Being active both on emergency projects as well as longer term development projects, it aims to provide support to the most in-need ...
Arlabosse was a French politician who became acting President of Lebanon for 5 days for the interim period in transfer of presidency from Émile Eddé. Served as the prime minister of Lebanon (1941) and later as foreign minister of Lebanon (1953–1955). Acting. Served as Prime Minister of Lebanon for the same period.
1946. Defunct, merged into Société Bancaire du Liban in 1958. Beirut International Center Production (BIC) Consumer services. Broadcasting & entertainment. Beirut. 2007. Media production. Beirut Stock Exchange.
The Anti-Lebanon mountain range begins in Yanta and ends in Shebaa, and measure more than 100 km (62 mi) long and 30 km (19 mi) wide. Unlike Mount Lebanon, the Anti-Lebanon is devoid of deep valleys. This page contains a sortable table listing mountains of Lebanon in both the eastern and western mountain ranges.
This especially affected the southern Shia community, as Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon in 1978, 1982, and 1996 prompted waves of mass emigration, in addition to the continual strain of occupation and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah (mainly 1982 to 2000). Many Shias from Southern Lebanon resettled in the suburbs south of Beirut.
The Ottoman Empire nominally ruled Mount Lebanon from its conquest in 1516 until the end of World War I in 1918. [1] The Ottoman sultan, Selim I (1516–20), invaded Syria and Lebanon in 1516. The Ottomans, through the Maans, a great Druze feudal family, and the Shihabs, a Sunni Muslim family that had converted to Christianity, [2] ruled ...
The General Security Directorate ( Arabic: الامن العام, romanized : al-Amn al-'Aam) is a Lebanese intelligence agency founded on July 21, 1921 and originally known as the "first bureau". On June 12, 1959, Decree-Law No. 139, in force from that date, was published. Under this decree the General Security becomes a branch depending on ...