The passengers' chatter on the Beirut-bound flight was far from reassuring. Taxi drivers were striking. Traffic was going to be bad. Add the heat and suffocating humidity of a typical summer day and ...

Lebanon is a small country perhaps better known for its civil war in the 1980s, its nightlife in Beirut, and now a crushing economic crisis. But it's also a country of high mountains and lush green ...

FARAYA, Lebanon >> The passengers’ chatter on the Beirut-bound flight was far from reassuring. Taxi drivers were striking. Traffic was going to be bad. Add the heat and suffocating humidity of a ...

Ski season has finally arrived in the Middle East! Wait, skiing? In the Middle East? It’s true -one of Lebanon’s seven ski resorts just opened for the season in the Lebanon Mountain Range. An hour ...

Hana El-Hibri: In 2009, I was invited to be part of the first team to hike the entire Lebanon Mountain Trail, from north to south, for the first time. This was a journey of discovery for me, the ...

The Republic of Lebanon forms part of the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. Somewhat smaller than the U.S. state of Connecticut, or half as big as the country of Wales, the nation includes ...

Lebanon is planning to double the size of its new outdoor bike park in hopes of establishing it as an official race site for a new interscholastic league for mountain bikers. “Ohio is starting a ...

With areas of Lebanon mired in power cuts and a historic economic crisis, some are getting into the mountains where hiking has started to gain popularity. Lebanon is a small country perhaps better ...

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