As opposition leader Michel Aoun declares the horrific violence in Beirut "a victory for Lebanon", Hezbollah continue to terrorize innocent civilians.

By Hala Alyan
"It's like being part of a huge spiritual experience. When it hits you and you look around the room and realize that everyone is sharing it with you...that's what it means to me."

Beirut - At least seven people were killed today during fierce clashes in between government supporters and members of the Hezbollah-led opposition in Beirut. These photos sum up the horror witnessed today.

By Eyad Jamaleddine,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
"The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; / Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house."
Psalm 104:16-17 in the Bible

Lebanese experienced terror courtesy of Hezbollah on Wednesday, when the streets of Beirut were filled with masked gunmen and blazing tires.

By Omar Raad,
Special to Ya Libnan
Beirut - Masked gunmen exchanging fire across neighborhood streets, rocket propelled grenades destroying buildings, mothers protecting their children from snipers on rooftops.

By Tom Lewis,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
It is happy news that although the scintillating Home Works IV forum on cultural practices is now but a distant memory, one ember still glows brightly in its wake.

By Gene Marrano
From his childhood in Lebanon to his present and greatly appreciated life in the Roanoke Valley as a physician and internal medicine specialist at Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Roy Habib felt he had a story to tell.

By Andrew Lee Butters, TIME
Lebanon's contradictions - it's the geographic and figurative bridge between East and West, modern and traditional, Muslim and Christian - have been a source of both instability and inspiration.

By Ramin Mostaghim & Raed Rafei
Tehran, Iran - No sex allowed. Not even consensual sex between a wife and husband.

Beirut & Manama - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanon's unofficial sex symbol, performed in Bahrain despite a controversial attempt by the ultra-conservative parliament to stop the show.

By Elizabeth Naser,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
The Lebanese people should challenge the March 8 and 14 politicians to put their differences and disagreements aside, and to think of the future of their children.

By Jeffrey Fleishman
Tehran - A man wrapped in a shawl stood at the door. "This is Jesus," said another man.

By Clarissa Ward
From Miami to London to Beirut, I have been awed by $3,000 magnums of champagne served with fireworks, but only in decadent Moscow can one easily blow through $40,000 in one night.