The majority of Lebanese people distrusts Hezbollah, but the Israeli attacks are driving many in the south back into their fold.
- Professor in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
The Israel Defense Forces has used southern Beirut as the template for a tactic of ‘total war’.
Lebanese lawmakers have elected Joseph Aoun, the head of Lebanon’s army, as the country’s new president.
Conflict between Lebanon and Israel looms – it would throw the Lebanese economy further into crisis.
The charges against Hassan Diab and two other senior politicians will challenge the pervading culture of impunity in Lebanon.
The election of independent parliamentarians in Lebanon is a move away from sectarian politics, say experts.
Lebanon is in the depths of one of the worst financial crises in history.
Le Liban est en difficulté : un million de réfugiés syriens, l’une des pires crises financières depuis plus de 100 ans et un système politique corrompu et divisé.
Lebanon is in trouble: a million Syrian refugees, one of the worst financial crises in more than 100 years and a corrupt and divided political system.
How can the international community help Lebanon’s people not its power-sharing regime?
Durham University student Matthew Hedges has been jailed for life for ‘spying’ in UAE.
Conflict resolution across the world frequently leaves LGBT citizens behind.
Lebanon has been coming apart at the seams for years – Islamic State is trying to make it disintegrate entirely.
With one of the world’s heaviest refugee burdens and a government incapable of governing, Lebanon is very much on the edge.
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