country_of_citizenship antoine zahra 
___MASK65___ , officially known as the Lebanese Republic , is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea . ___MASK65___ ' s location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent . Batroun (' ' "") is a coastal city in northern ___MASK65___ and one of the oldest cities in the world . It is the capital city of Batroun District . Batroun District is a district (" qadaa ") in the North Governorate , ___MASK65___ , south of Tripoli . The capital is Batroun . The Lebanese Forces (")" is a Lebanese political party and formerly Christian militia during the Lebanese Civil War . It currently holds eight of the 64 Christian seats in ___MASK65___ ' s parliament and is therefore the second largest Christian party in parliament Antoine Zahra ( Arabic :    , also   , born 1956 ) is a Lebanese Maronite politician and a member of the Lebanese Forces party . He has been an MP in the Lebanese Parliament as a representative of Batroun district since the 2005 legislative elections . He got re - elected in the 2009 legislative elections . He is married to Dima Younan and they have one daughter , Tatiana . The Lebanese Civil War (- " Al - arb al - Ahliyyah al - Libnniyyah ") was a multifaceted civil war in ___MASK65___ , lasting from 1975 to 1990 and resulting in an estimated 250 , 000 fatalities . As of 2012 , approximately 76 , 000 people remain displaced within ___MASK65___ . There was also an exodus of almost one million people from ___MASK65___ as a result of the war .