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 […]
Desperate Lebanese will continue to risk all to flee
CHRIS DOYLE September 26, 2022 Short Url The island may be just a trifling 800 meters long and 500 meters wide, but Arwad off the coast of Syria has experienced […]
How Syrian refugees became a scapegoat for Lebanon’s man-made catastrophe
Previous SPECIAL 1 / 3 A tent settlement housing Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley. (AFP) SPECIAL 2 / 3 Lebanese soldiers at a checkpoint in the Bekaa valley supervise a convoy […]
Lebanon not ‘normal’ since second civil war ended
Sep 21,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen This week’s Lebanese bank strike can only deepen the country’s multiple crises, causing the currency to hit an all time low in […]
Why a maritime deal with Israel may be good for Lebanon
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 20, 2022 Short Url In the midst of all the solemn reports that have come from Lebanon over the past few years, there is suddenly a chance […]
People holding up Lebanon’s banks aren’t the real criminals
BARIA ALAMUDDIN September 19, 2022 Short Url It is scarcely conceivable that ordinary citizens should be forced to conclude that their only practicable course of action is to hold up […]
Sabra and Shatila massacre: What happened in Lebanon in 1982?
EXPLAINER News|Explainer Israeli-backed Phalange militia killed between 2,000 and 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in two days. By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 16 Sep 2022 It was one of […]
‘Avenging Sabra and Shatila’: On Israeli massacres and Palestinian resistance
Sep 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud September 16 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the killing of around 3,000 Palestinians at the hands of […]
Palestinians still resisting 40 years on from Sabra and Shatila
RAMZY BAROUD September 12, 2022 Short Url Sept. 16 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the killing of about 3,000 Palestinians by Lebanon’s Phalangist militias operating […]
Rise in break-ups and divorce in Lebanon mirrors socio-economic changes across the Arab world
SPECIAL Economic pressures, evolving social attitudes and the changing role of women is fueling divorce rates in Lebanon. (AFP) Short Url Updated 9 sec ago NAJIA HOUSSARI September 10, 2022 […]
Lebanon’s politicians ineffectual amid public misery
ZAID M. BELBAGI September 07, 2022 Short Url Lebanon’s nonstate actors, charities and international donors have always had an important role to play in picking up the government’s slack. Ever […]
Can the Arab East move past the mess it is in?
Sep 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby I have been on vacation for the past two weeks. Unlike previous years, this time I cut myself off from work. […]
84% of Lebanese families lack money for basics, UN report reveals
SPECIAL A child peeks from behind the corner of a building in Beirut’s Karantina district, Lebanon, Nov. 22, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url Updated 25 August 2022 NAJIA HOUSSARI August 25, […]