The Real Lebanon 🇱🇧 Lebanon celebrates 82 years of Independence this year…yet the question remains: are we truly independent? Our story goes back thousands of years before 1943, from the Phoenicians who sailed the Mediterranean, to Roman temples, Crusader ports, Maronite monasteries, and Islamic heritage rooted across our mountains and coast. Lebanon was never built for one group. It has always been shared. Churches and mosques rise from the same hills. Villages carry the same ancient rhythm a

Israel launched air strikes on Jarmak and Mahmoudiya in southern Lebanon on Thursday, exactly a year after a ceasefire with Hezbollah, which it has already breached thousands of times. | Al Jazeera English