Lebanon’s economic problems are a byproduct of Washington’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran, and could in fact drive the the two Middle Eastern states closer together. Inaction from the US, derived from an unwillingness to support governments it views as...
As if the deepening political deadlock as well as rapidly worsening living standards were not enough for the small yet once thriving Mediterranean country now facing an economic meltdown, rising tension in Lebanon took on an even worse new dimension...
Mass protests are once again shaking Lebanon, resuming after rallies ended in October following the installment of a new government. Activists are upset with what they allege is a corrupt government responsible for the state’s tanking economy and are demanding...
When a government has lost the faith of its people, what value is the confidence of politicians? In Lebanon, we may soon find out. The embattled administration of Hassan Diab convincingly won a parliamentary vote on its future this week....
What does one do when the government fails to take into account the plight of its citizens? Stay silent or protest and wait for things to change on their own? That’s exactly what the Lebanese have had to go through...
After weeks of difficult consultations and deliberations among main political power breakers in Lebanon, a new government of technocrats and specialists was born this week. The new Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, a university professor and former education minister, included six...
Lebanese civilians fear there could be another war between Israel and Hezbollah after the discovery of rich offshore oil and gas reserves on disputed territory. International oil and gas exploration company, Energean, announced in November, 2019 that the waters near...
Although once viewed as a sanctuary of democracy and relative stability in the increasingly turbulent Middle East, Lebanon’s past three months have been anything but stable. Nationwide protests cutting across sectarian and political lines brought hundreds of thousands of people...
Dramatic events and developments have been unfolding in Lebanon over the past week, with frantic efforts to get the small Mediterranean country of its current political bottleneck. Lebanon has been troubled with crippling popular protests now in their eighth week...
Her name is Cynthia Aboujaboude, she is 28 and works as an art director. She was the first person to understand the impact the face of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker could have through the media and took it to the streets...
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