US Marines began a peacekeeping mission as part of a multinational force (MNF) in war torn Lebanon. The Marines were to maintain a visible “presence” in the capital of Beirut, in the hopes ...

It was the start of a workweek, and offices at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut were ... partly due to the Marine Headquarters bombing. That tragedy gave Israel and the United States a common adversary ...

The United States Embassy building in Beirut ... On October 23, 1983, a truck bomb destroyed the U.S. Marine barracks at the Beirut airport, killing 241 American soldiers. Until September 11 ...

A car bomb explosion targeted a U.S. embassy vehicle in Beirut's northern suburb of Dora Tuesday, killing four people and injuring at least 15, including two U.S. citizens. According to Naharnet ...