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Lebanon Tension Score

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Live 0–100 tension reading for Lebanon, built by our own engine from 2,698 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.

49
Stable
7d · 30d

Where Lebanon stands

#8 of 197 countries today, #4 of 16 in Middle East (region score 67). Tension is steady this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Lebanon news pulse

15 headlines in 30 days · newest first
IDF says it struck Hezbollah sites after terror group’s bomb wounded 2 troops
Times Israel · 20 September 2026 conflictgeopolitics
59 · High
Israel targets paramedics in southern Lebanon
Al Jazeera · 20 September 2026 conflict
58 · High
Israeli strikes hit multiple areas in South Lebanon, destroy house
Middle East Eye · 20 September 2026 conflict
44 · Moderate
Israeli strikes target Lebanon's Nabatieh, ambulance team
Middle East Eye · 20 September 2026 conflict
44 · Moderate
The new lines of southern Lebanon
NPR World · 20 September 2026 conflictgeopolitics
43 · Moderate
Yemeni militants: How powerful are the Houthis now?
DW World · 20 September 2026 conflictenergytrade
40 · Moderate
UN peacekeeping chief in Lebanon says smooth transition is critical before pull-out
Al-Monitor · 20 September 2026 conflictgeopolitics
35 · Moderate
The new lines of southern Lebanon : The Picture Show - npr.org
GN Conflict · 20 September 2026 geopolitics
20 · Low
Two injured by Israeli shelling as troops advance in southern Lebanon
Al Jazeera · 19 September 2026 conflict
52 · Moderate
Lebanese artist turns Israeli missile debris into art
Al Jazeera · 19 September 2026 conflictgeopolitics
49 · Moderate
Lebanon charges 5 in alleged Hezbollah operation to train Assad loyalists
Al-Monitor · 19 September 2026 conflictgeopolitics
47 · Moderate
Iran's 'new Hezbollah:' How powerful are the Houthis now?
DW World · 19 September 2026 conflictenergytrade
40 · Moderate
Israel is killing the people who could end its wars
Al Jazeera · 18 September 2026 conflictgeopolitics
71 · High
Tamra resident indicted for contacting Hamas, Iran with offers to help
Times Israel · 18 September 2026 financegeopolitics
28 · Low
Fire sparks in southern Lebanese town following Israeli shelling
Middle East Eye · 18 September 2026 trade
20 · Low

Every story the engine read that names Lebanon, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.

What is driving Lebanon’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 18 headlines in 30 days — 0.67% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (0).
  • 83% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 72% scored as high-tension stories.
  • Conflicts on the roster: Middle East Regional Conflict (active).
  • Region: Middle East reads 67 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Lebanon) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.

Lebanon tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
September 202637.8Calm18154

Record for Lebanon began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Lebanon score is built

Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Middle East region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.

Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.

No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.

Questions people ask about Lebanon

Is Lebanon in a war right now?

Yes, by our roster: Middle East Regional Conflict. Status is updated on every full cycle.

Is tension in Lebanon rising or falling?

Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.

How does Lebanon compare with the rest of Middle East?

Below its region: Lebanon reads 49 against 67 for Middle East, ranking #4 of 16 there.

Keep exploring

Lebanon and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Hezbollah’s home ground. Lebanon is where the Israel-Iran confrontation turns into artillery. Its score climbs with every border exchange and falls only when a truce holds for weeks.

A collapsed economy. Currency collapse, bank failures and political paralysis are background tension that never fully clears from the corpus.

What our engine watches in Lebanon

  • Border fire and ceasefire enforcement
  • Government formation and army funding
  • Currency and banking crisis headlines

Indexes to follow: Currency Stress · Gold & Silver Fear.