Editing Byblos (section)

=== Contemporary history ===
[[File:Old streets.jpg|thumb|right|Byblos Historic Quarter]]

Byblos and all of Lebanon were placed under [[French Mandate of Lebanon|French Mandate]] from 1920 until 1943 when Lebanon achieved independence. The [[2006 Lebanon War]] negatively affected the ancient city by covering its harbour and town walls with an oil slick that was the result of an oil spill from a nearby power plant.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/world_report/2006-2007/pdf/H@R_2006-2007_28_National_Report_Lebanon.pdf |title=ICOMOS Heritage at Risk 2006/2007 |author=Dr. Lina G. Tahan |publisher=[[ICOMOS]]}}</ref>

During the [[2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon]], [[UNESCO]] gave Byblos and 33 other cultural sites enhanced protection to safeguard them against [[Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon|damage]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cultural property under enhanced protection Lebanon |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/culture/cultural-property-under-enhanced-protection-lebanon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231104017/https://www.unesco.org/en/culture/cultural-property-under-enhanced-protection-lebanon |archive-date=2024-12-31 |access-date=2025-01-01 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>