Five years on, the assassination of Lebanese prime minster, Rafiq Hariri, still dominates political life in Lebanon.
Tensions are on the rise due to rumours that a special UN tribunal has been investigating his death in a car bombing.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met in Beirut on Friday for a meeting, urging all factions to do what they can to ensure stability.
The disconnect between Western perceptions of Lebanese Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah and the way that those in the Middle East viewed the 'marja' exposes the fault lines dividing the West from a region it has often failed to comprehend.
Security officials in Lebanon say that three people were killed in a car bombing on Saturday in southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold. Two of them were members of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Beirut, Paris and London - France 24 takes a trip around some of our favourite cities to check out the nightlife – do they all live up to their reputations?
In this edition: FRANCE 24 checks out the bling in Beirut during Islam's holiest month; shifting Shiite alliances in Iraq; a novel idea of 'tweeting" prayers and wishes to the Wailing Wall.
