Helping young Arabs find a renewed sense of confidence
JIHAD AZOUR May 17, 2023 Optimism can be difficult to muster at a time of heightened uncertainty and global turmoil. The 2022 ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey, conducted only a […]
Malevolent voices manipulating the Syria refugee issue
BARIA ALAMUDDIN May 01, 2023 The Arab nations of Lebanon and Syria share a complex and often fractious history of mutual dependence, intermarriage, and bitter divisions. The Syrian regime once […]
Lebanon refuses any escalation from its territory: PM condemns barrage of rockets fired towards Israel
New DelhiEdited By: Harshit SabarwalUpdated: Apr 07, 2023 Lebanese soldiers patrol in the southern town of Naqura bordering Israel. Photograph:(AFP) FOLLOW US STORY HIGHLIGHTS Earlier on Thursday, a barrage of rockets was […]
Israel-Palestine live news: Israel strikes Gaza and Lebanon
By Arwa Ibrahim and Kate Mayberry Published On 7 Apr 2023 Read more source https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/4/7/israel-palestine-live-news-israel-strikes-gaza-and-lebanon
Lebanon crisis: The Syrian refugees recycling to stay alive
bbc.com By Lina Sinjab BBC News, Beirut, Lebanon Deiri Fayyad rummages through dustbins in the Lebanese capital Beirut in search of plastics and other discarded materials to be recycled. It […]
The legacy of the French mandate is a curse for Lebanon
BY FERHAT TUTKAL FEB 17, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustration by Shutterstock – edited by Büşra Öztürk. The French colonial record is precisely what’s behind the separation of the Arab […]
Lebanon’s never-ending natural and human-made disasters
MOHAMED CHEBARO February 22, 2023 The people living in Lebanon, like those in Syria, Turkiye and across the Eastern Mediterranean, have been feeling the tremors and aftershocks of the earthquakes […]
Implications of the drone attack on Iran
Feb 05,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Last week, Iran blamed Israel for a drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, this was […]
Federal system would allow Lebanese to steer clear of scorpions
KHALED ABOU ZAHR February 02, 2023 Do you know the story of the scorpion and the frog? The two animals are facing a wildfire and need to cross a river […]
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 […]