In southern Lebanon, the mayor of Nabatieh, Ahmed Kahil and at least five others was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The attack raised fears that Israel's expanding air campaign, designed to crush ...

Nabatieh Mayor Khodor Kodeih recounts that merchants travelling between Palestine and Lebanon would stop at a “khan” – an inn that also served as a trading centre – on the current market site.

Nabatieh’s historic marketplace is believed to date back to the Mamluk period, which came to an end in the early 16th century. Around 1910, the buildings were renovated in the late Ottoman-style.

In south Lebanon, Hezbollah's yellow flag fluttered atop a vast pile of rubble that was once part of Nabatieh's old market. In eastern Lebanon, rubble also marks the spot where a historic building ...