Warzone / Movie:  Lebanon war (1982), as seen in Waltz With Bashir (2008)

Level Of Heat: Combustible, as Israeli forces become complicit in the Lebanese militia's massacre of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

Even two-and-a-half-decades on, ex-soldier Ari Folman finds that those guilty memories have burnt themselves onto his subconscious.

Has It Cooled Down Since?  Despite its location in the still-trouble Middle East, it's a lot safer nowadays, says Lebanon's U.S. embassy.

"The destroyed town center is once again active. Its former reputation as a crossroads between three continents and gateway to the East has been restored and modernized.

The new city planners hold computer-rendered plans that show an extended coastline, a new residential area, and a touristic recreational zones built around a central park."