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Every case set in what is now Lebanon, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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5
Years
525 BCE to 2020
Region
Middle East
Main subjects
Asian dynasties, Literature and art, Fame and fortune
Updated
30 October 2026
Ghassan Kanafani: Historical portrait photograph of Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.1972 · Beirut, LebanonA car bomb killed Ghassan Kanafani and his 17-year-old niece in Beirut on 8 July 1972, and Mossad is reported to have claimed responsibilityGhassan Kanafani, a Palestinian novelist and spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was 36 when a bomb in his Austin 1100 exploded as he turned on the ignition in Beirut on 8 July 1972.middleeasteye.net and 2 moreRafiq Hariri: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) escorts Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri into the Pentagon on April 25, 2001. Rumsfeld and Hariri will meet to disc2005 · Beirut, LebanonRafik Hariri was killed in 2005; his family chose the second son as political heir, the other brothers sold him their shares of Saudi Oger, and the company closed in 2017On 14 February 2005 a bomb in central Beirut killed former prime minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others and injured 226.news.un.org and 4 moreFairuz: Fairuz 19712009 · Beirut, LebanonFairuz's nephews blocked her from staging her late husband's musical without their approval, and a Beirut court stopped her performing his brother's workThe brothers Assi and Mansour Rahbani wrote the songs and musicals that Fairuz sang. Fairuz married Assi. Assi died in 1986. Mansour died in January 2009.news.wjct.org and 3 moreSursock Palace main hall after explosion: Second hall of the Sursock Palace, emptied of most furnishings after the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Statue depicts the Allegory of the Ni2020 · Achrafieh, Beirut, LebanonOne Sursock left his Beirut villa to the city as a museum; another Sursock palace passed to a single heiress; the 2020 port blast hit both, and she died of her injuriesMoussa and Anastasia Sursock built their palace in Beirut in 1860 with the Balyan family of architects, who also worked for the Ottoman sultans.sursock.museum and 3 moreSarcophagus of Eshmunazar II: Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II525 BCE · Sidon, LebanonA boy king of Sidon cursed anyone who moved his coffin; in 1855 it was dug up, fought over and shipped to the LouvreEshmunazar II, king of Sidon, died at about 14 and had ruled with his mother, Amashtart, a priestess of Astarte. His black stone sarcophagus carries the longest Phoenician inscription then known.Google Books and 3 more