Lebanon hostage crisis 1991, Hezbollah had released the last hostage in return for Israel's release of imprisoned Shi'ites. Lebanon hostage crisis The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height. The hostages were mostly Americans and Western Europeans, but 21 national origins were represented. At least eight hostages died in captivity; some were murdered, while others died from lack of adequate medical attention to illnesses. Those taking responsibility for the kidnapping used different names, but the testimony of former hostages indicates that almost all the kidnappings
The Lebanon Patriot it was owned and edited by Mary V. Proctor Wilson. The paper was last issued in December 1936 when it merged with "The Western Star", another weekly in Lebanon. The combined paper was published as "The Western Star and Lebanon Patriot" from January 7, 1937, to June 30, 1938. This article was compiled from the catalog records of the newspaper in the OCLC database with information from the "History of Warren County, Ohio" (Chicago, Illinois: W.H. Beers, 1883) and "The Centennial Atlas and History of Warren County, Ohio" (Lebanon, Ohio: The Centennial Atlas Association, 1903). The Lebanon Patriot The Lebanon