“We can’t stay here long,” said Hussein Jaber, a member of Lebanon’s national civil defense force ... even those affiliated ...

Lebanese militias linked to religious groups fought a 15-year civil war. The conflict ended with the disarmament of all save Hezbollah, which kept its weapons to resist Israel's ongoing occupation ...

the devastating civil war from 1975-1990. “It’s become this sort of anthem. A very somber anthem for the people,” says Danny Hajjar, a Lebanese writer who covers music and art in the Arab world.

The events of 13 April 1975, seen as the start of the brutal Lebanese Civil War, was one such spark. It destroyed the country in the following 15 years and haunting it ever since. It was a Sunday ...