Judge Bitar is right: Lebanon’s entire leadership is guilty
BARIA ALAMUDDIN January 30, 2023 The shocking thing about the latest legal maneuverings in Lebanon is how blatant they were in their illegality and partisanship; no one any longer even […]
Why Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan rank among the ‘world’s angriest countries’
SPECIAL 1 / 5 SPECIAL 2 / 5 Activists and relatives of victims of the Beirut port explosion scuffle with security officers during a demonstration on Sept. 29, 2021 in the Lebanese […]
2022 Year in Review: A time of triumph and turmoil for the Middle East and North Africa
Short Url Updated 10 sec ago ARAB NEWS December 31, 2022 RIYADH: Like much of the world, 2022 in the Middle East and North Africa felt like the year when things […]
Lebanese religious leader slams MPs for failing nation’s people, world
Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. (AFP file photo) Short Url Updated 1 min 35 sec ago NAJIA HOUSSARI December 11, 2022 BEIRUT: The head of the Maronite Church […]
Lebanon’s Economic Crisis. Armed Cash Withdrawals Spread amid Growing Desperation
With their bank accounts frozen and their savings inaccessible, Lebanese depositors are turning to drastic means to withdraw their money. The population hails them as heroes while officials have shied […]
How Lebanon collapsed into a state of paralysis
NADIM SHEHADI November 24, 2022 Short Url Once upon a time, perhaps near the end of the last century, a well-meaning bureaucrat was sold on the idea of a world […]
Lebanon still faces multiple crisis
Nov 23,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Jibran Bassil, who heads Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), has been told by its ally Hizbollah the group will not support him […]
Time to correct the language of history
Nov 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on […]
Lebanon’s political crisis deepens as Aoun vacates presidential palace
His 6 year term was marred by mass protests, economic downturn By AFP – Oct 30,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun waves to his supporters in front of the presidential […]
Lebanon-Israel sea border deal a ‘good’ example for Cyprus: Türkiye
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL OCT 28, 2022 A ship of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrols alongside Lebanese navy vessels off Lebanon’s southern town of Naqoura […]
Israeli court clears way for Lebanon maritime border deal
By AFP – Oct 23,2022 – JORDAN TIMES An October 3 view of the coastal road of Naqoura, the southernmost Lebanese town by the border, with an Israeli position in the background […]
Ukraine should learn the lessons of Lebanon
KHALED ABOU ZAHR October 13, 2022 Short Url Beyond a vague feeling of solidarity with Ukrainians, I will admit that the Lebanese have generally been quite uncaring about the current […]
What the new Lebanon-Israel maritime border deal means for everyone
Previous SPECIAL 1 / 3 A picture taken on August 5, 2021, from the northern Israeli town of Metula near the border with Lebanon, shows Lebanon and Israel flags. (AFP) SPECIAL […]
Lebanon-Israel deal should be followed by a nonaggression pact
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB October 12, 2022 Short Url While Lebanon and Israel finally agreed a US-mediated deal on maritime borders in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, the development only came […]
Israel trades gas fields for a line of buoys
An Israeli Navy vessel patrols in the Mediterranean Sea at the maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, off the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, on September 4, 2022. (File photo: […]
Lebanon, Israel reach ‘historic agreement’ on maritime borders
Negotiators say a deal that satisfies both sides has been reached, with the official signing expected soon. Published On 11 Oct 2022 Updated: 9 minutes ago Lebanon and Israel have […]
Lebanon to send feedback on US maritime border offer with Israel
Negotiations resumed in early June By AFP – Oct 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES A photo shows a view of a United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) firing range in the southernmost Lebanese area […]
Lebanon receives US ‘offer’ over Israel maritime border deal
By AFP – Oct 01,2022 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photo provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanese President Michel Aoun (left) meeting with US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea […]
Lebanon fails to elect new president as political crisis deepens
By AFP – Sep 29,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote during a session to elect a new president in Beirut on Thursday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — […]
Why Arabs speak of double, triple and quadruple standards
Sep 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The Western powers’ preoccupation with the war in Ukraine has sidelined existing conflicts, economic meltdowns, illegal occupations and humanitarian crises elsewhere in […]