Between 1996 and 2004, factory jobs dropped from 3,000 workers to 300 in the Tripoli area. Today, the city’s poverty rate stands at 35 percent, ... “Tourism is the simplest thing that can be done in ...

Map: Fighting in Tripoli. Rebel forces entered Tripoli on Sunday 21 August, triggering scenes of celebration among their supporters. Heavy fighting took place across the city, ...

Tripoli, the second-largest city in Lebanon, sits on the northern coastline. It’s a mainly Sunni city with decreasing numbers of Christian minorities, mainly Greek Orthodox with a small minority ...

Investors in Lebanon's port city of Tripoli hope its proximity to Syria makes it the hub for hundreds of billions of dollars in reconstruction when the Syrian civil war ends — someday.

The gate of the souk in the neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, Tripoli, Lebanon, Nov. and Dec. 2014. Stefano de Luigi—VII Photo ...