In 2006, instability in the Middle East led to Americans being evacuated from Lebanon. In 2008, there was a global economic crisis, and Barack Obama was elected President of the United States.

It is the military campaign of Israel against Hizballah in Lebanon, waged in 2006.

YES. The two suicide bombings against the Israel Defense Forces' headquarters building in Tyre, Lebanon took place in 1982 and 1983, which was during Israel's intervention in the Lebanese Civil War. This intervention is commonly called the First Israel-Lebanon War in Pro-Israeli circles (in contrast to the War with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006, which is called the Second Israel-Lebanon War).

There were a few wars that Israel fought in Lebanon: the Lebanese Civil War from 1981-1982, the Occupation of Southern Lebanon from 1982-2000, and the War Against Hezbollah in 2006.

Lebanon is north of Israel.