Beirut thoroughfare, once frequented by intellectuals and artists, has 'hit rock bottom' as country grapples with ongoing economic and political disruption

Move allowing people to withdraw limited amounts of US dollars at double the previous rate amounts to a de facto recognition of the Lebanese pound's devaluation

Nearly a dozen demonstrators enter the Ministry of Social Affairs in Beirut in protest of 'unbearable' conditions, remove a picture of President Michel Aoun

45-year-old Abbas Mazloum suffered spine and head wounds while working at a restaurant near explosion site last August; official toll rises to at least 216

Memories of the years-long conflict and sectarian passions were triggered by last week's deadly scenes of gunmen in streets and schoolchildren ducking under desks

Tarek Bitar reissues order for Ghazi Zeitar and Nohad Machnouk to provide testimony related to last year's massive port explosion, as 'battle of immunities' starts back up

Recent violence highlights willingness by members of Lebanon's ruling class to fight for political survival at any cost

Citizens who lived through the bloody chaos from 1975-1990 fear that violence could once again descend on their country: 'The idea of a new war breaking out terrifies me'

Hours-long exchange of fire involved snipers, pistols, Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades; 20 wounded; not clear who fired at whom, how clashes broke out and why

Tarek Bitar, 47, has dared to take on Beirut's untouchable political barons as he probes last year's devastating port explosion; protests for his removal turned deadly on Thursday