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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Lebanon. At present, the capital city of Beirut hosts 72 embassies, 3 consulates, and 2 missions.
Buenos Aires (Embassy) Brazil. Brasília (Embassy) Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General) São Paulo (Consulate-General) Canada. Ottawa ; Montreal (Consulate-General) Chile. Santiago de Chile (Embassy) Colombia. Bogotá (Embassy) Cuba. Havana (Embassy) Ecuador. Quito (Embassy) Mexico. Mexico City (Embassy) Paraguay. Asunción (Embassy) United States
Lebanon. Website. https://lb.usembassy.gov. The Embassy of the United States, Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America located in the capital city of Beirut, Lebanon. After the American embassy in Baghdad, the embassy is anticipated to grow to be the second-largest in the world and take up a 43-acre site.
The foreign policy of Lebanon reflects its geographic location, the composition of its population, and its reliance on commerce and trade. Until 2005, Lebanon's foreign policy had been heavily influenced by Syria, however beginning with the formation of Hezbollah in 1982, Iran had gradually grown to heavily influence Lebanon. [ 1][ 2] The ...
The Maritime Task Force (MTF) is the naval component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). As of February 2012, the MTF is under the command of Rear Admiral Wagner Lopes de Moraes Zamith of Brazil. [ 47] The Brazilian frigate Constituição is the flagship of the fleet comprising vessels from Brazil, Bangladesh, Germany ...
6 June 1982 – Israel undertakes military action in Southern Lebanon: Operation "Peace for Galilee." 23 August 1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected to be Lebanon's president. 25 August 1982 – A MNF of approximately 400 French, 800 Italian soldiers and 800 marines of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) are deployed in Beirut as part of a peacekeeping force to oversee the evacuation of ...
Lebanon sits to the north of Israel, bordering Syria to the north and the east. The capital, Beirut, sits along the Mediterranean Sea, and was a target of Israeli bombings during the Lebanon War ...
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon . George Wadsworth (1942–1947) – Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to Syria but resident in Beirut. Lowell C. Pinkerton (1946–1951) – Envoy. Harold B. Minor (1951–1953) – Envoy, promoted to first ambassador.