The permanent conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the southern regions of Lebanon forced local Shiites to create their own organization protect interests residents region. Today, Shiite Hizbullah has become an important factor socio-political landscape Lebanon.

a preliminary palaeomagnetic results from basalt outcrops in northeast lebanon is reported. the remanence carrier of the characteristic magnetisation is magnetite.  both variations of susceptibility and anisotropy directional data show that the measured directions of thermoremanent magnetisation (trm) are representative of the ambient field at the time of cooling of these basalts through their ...

USEK-NDS University Hospital Cardiology Division Electrophysiology Unit Byblos, Jbeil, Lebanon e-mail: antoinekossaify@ yahoo.com

Abstract When the State of Greater Lebanon was established in 1920, Jewish Community Council Beirut officially recognized as central administrative body within Lebanon, and although smaller communities such Sidon Tripoli also had their own councils they were consequently made subject to authority Beirut. In this context political overhaul, I argue that some actors use “from below” opportunities...

Evidence of long-term, late Cenozoic uplift, as well as strike-slip faulting, is revealed by topographic and geological features along the northern 500 km of the Dead Sea fault system (DSFS) – the transform boundary between the Arabian and African plates in the eastern Mediterranean region. Macro-geomorphic features are studied using a new, high-resolution (20 meter pixel) digital elevation mod...

background: although lebanon is a highly polluted country, so far no study has specifically been designed to assess the association between outdoor air pollution and chronic bronchitis in this country. objective: to assess the association between exposure to outdoor air pollution and chronic bronchitis in lebanon. methods: a pilot case-control study was conducted in two tertiary care hospitals....

so far, many international criminal courts have been established for trying international crimes by united nations and security council. such as; nuremberg international military tribunal, tokyo tribunal, international criminal tribunal for former yugoslavia, international criminal tribunal for former rwanda, international criminal court and special court for searle one. special tribunal for le...