Lebanon’s government resigned on Aug. 10, days after a massive explosion at the Port of Beirut left hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes. The blast appears to have …
Presence Of Hezbollah In Lebanon Renders National Unity Government Ineffective, Hinders IMF Aid
A proposed National Unity Government (NUG) in Lebanon following the shock resignation of Prime Minister Hassan Diab and his cabinet is expected to be ineffective.
Hizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes
Yet this week the Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up by the UN to try in absentia four members of Hizbollah, the Iran-backed and Syria-allied paramilitary movement implicated in the killing, …
What the International Community Can Do in Lebanon
Argument: What the International Community Can Do in Lebanon What the International Community Can Do in… In the wake of its single most horrifying disaster since the end of its civil war …
15 Years After an Assassination Rocked Lebanon, a Trial Ends on a Muted Note
After a long and involved investigation, a U.N.-backed tribunal emerged with only a single conviction, of a minor Hezbollah figure, in the 2005 bombing that killed the former prime minister of Lebanon …
Coronavirus: Lebanon to impose lockdown as cases spike after explosion
Lebanon will impose a two-week lockdown to contain a surge in coronavirus infections following the devastating explosion in Beirut two weeks ago. Markets, shopping centres, gyms and pools will have to …
The World Is Planning to Rescue the Lebanese, Not Lebanon
The World Is Planning to Rescue the Lebane… There is a saying in Lebanon that the country functions better without a government than with one. That has never been truer than now. Minutes after the …
After the explosion, the virus: Lebanon faces COVID-19 lockdown after Beirut blast
“We are on the brink, we don’t have the luxury to take our time,” Lebanon’s interim Health Minister Hamad Hassan said. As Beirut continues to recover from the port blast that killed at least 178 …
Long-awaited verdict delivered in assassination of Lebanon’s former leader Rafic Hariri
It was a long-waited verdict that comes at a pivotal moment for Lebanon, and it may disappoint many who were desperate to see justice for the brazen assassination. “The court has ruled, and in the …
A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon
But that may not be enough to define him for the electorate. Dispatch: A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon… BEIRUT—Lebanon waited 15 years for the …