From golden age to war and ruin: Lebanon in turmoil as it hits 100 - Reuters

Looking back on his childhood in the newly declared state of Lebanon nearly a century ago, Salah Tizani says the country was set on course for calamity from the start by colonial powers and sectarian overlords. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-centenary-insi-idUSKBN25N1PO