{"id":133977,"date":"2024-09-24T19:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=133977"},"modified":"2024-09-25T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:23:35","slug":"lebanon","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/lebanon","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133948 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/247-66f2bfc090f41.webp\" alt=\"Lebanon\" width=\"330\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/247-66f2bfc090f41.webp 672w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/247-66f2bfc090f41-300x259.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets, in Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Lebanon<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Capital: \u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located between <\/span><b>Syria to the north and east <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Israel to the south<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while <\/span><b>Cyprus lies to its west across the Mediterranean Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of the<\/span><b> Levant region of the Middle East.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Physical Features of Lebanon<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133949 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/248-66f2bfbfdefe4.webp\" alt=\"Lebanon\" width=\"330\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/248-66f2bfbfdefe4.webp 605w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/248-66f2bfbfdefe4-300x279.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lebanon Mountains:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 100-mile-long range with snow-capped peaks and deep gorges.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Qurnat as Sawda&#8217; (10,128 ft).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Al-Biq\u0101\u02bf Valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fertile valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains, part of the<\/span><b> East African Rift System.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Al-Biq\u0101\u02bf Valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fertile valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains, part of the East African Rift System.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Over a dozen minor rivers flow from the mountains, with the<\/span><b> Litani <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being the most significant.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Levant region of the Middle East<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Levant (from the French lever,<\/span><b> \u201cto rise,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as in sunrise, meaning the east)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically region along the eastern Mediterranean shores, roughly corresponding to modern-day <\/span><b>Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134099 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f.webp\" alt=\"Lebanon\" width=\"331\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f.webp 2000w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-81-66f3e239b6a5f-1568x1568.webp 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc\/pw-only-ias?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9259%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 137.808%; 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