Lebanon

By attacking protesters, Hezbollah is sending a message that it's willing to use force to protect its political power.
Saad al-Hariri stepped down after a Hezbollah-aligned group attacked protesters in Beirut.
Demonstrators are furious at a sectarian ruling elite they accuse of plundering state resources for personal gain.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been flooding the country's streets since Thursday in protest of the government's handling of a crippling economic crisis.
U.S. immigration officials had questioned Ismail B. Ajjawi about his friends' social media posts.
Lebanese LGBTQ people are still struggling with archaic “unnatural action" laws from the days of French colonization.
The news comes just one year after Lebanon's first pride celebration.
Unofficial results showed Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary election.
For many younger Lebanese, Sunday brought a first chance to vote in a national election after parliament twice extended a term that expired in 2013.
"Beirut" aims to profit from Lebanon's deadly civil war, but it doesn't tell any Lebanese truths.