Tyre is the fifth largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, and Baalbek. [5] It is the capital of the Tyre District in the South Governorate.

Jan 9, 2025 · Tyre, town on the Mediterranean coast of southern Lebanon, located 12 miles (19 km) north of the modern border with Israel and 25 miles (40 km) south of Sidon (modern Ṣaydā). It was a major Phoenician seaport from about 2000 bce through the Roman period.

Oct 23, 2024 · Israel has carried out at least four air strikes on the historic Lebanese port city of Tyre, hours after expanding its evacuation orders to cover several central neighbourhoods.

Nov 12, 2023 · In historic mountains and coastline of Lebanon, people are weary from decades of conflict and facing new fighting on the border with Israel.

Oct 24, 2024 · Israeli air raids pounded Tyre, an ancient coastal city in Lebanon which is renowned for its UNESCO World Heritage Site, leaving swaths of its centre in ruins.

Jan 24, 2025 · TYRE, Lebanon — After more than a year of fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, displaced Lebanese villagers long to return to their homes. But now, there could ...

Oct 24, 2024 · TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending up large clouds of black smoke, while Hezbollah confirmed that a top official widely expected to be the militant group’s next leader had been killed in an Israeli strike.

Nov 26, 2024 · Tyre, known as Sour in Arabic, is about 25km from the Israeli border. The city was once a tourist destination, its beach considered one of the most beautiful and clean along this...

Oct 20, 2023 · TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the border with Israel, and local officials said Friday that they are ill-prepared for the much larger exodus that would ensue if the limited conflict escalates to an all-out war.

5 days ago · Lebanon joined several Arab states that attacked Israel unsuccessfully shortly after the latter’s founding in 1948, a war that displaced some 700,000 Arab Palestinians, about 100,000 of which ...