BEIRUT Lebanon has suspended in-person classes at schools in Beirut and surrounding areas after Israeli airstrikes hit the center of the capital, Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced Sunday. Schools and higher educational institutions will be closed Monday and Tuesday in Beirut and Chouf, northern Metn, Baabda and Aley and online learning adopted. The decision came following two Israeli airstrikes targeting buildings in the capital -- one in the Ras Al-Nabaa area and the other in the