EditorialLebanon and the Middle East: Between Irrationality and Paradox

Michel Touma 27/10 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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When irrationality and reckless behavior come to define the actions of a powerful political faction, it doesn’t take long before red lines are dangerously breached. As a result, serious threats hang over the lives of populations directly exposed to the faction’s erratic excesses. This is exactly what we are witnessing today among several of ...

Joint Visit by Katz and Ortagus to the Lebanese Border

This is Beirut 26/10 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz conducted a visit along the Lebanese border on Sunday, accompanied by U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced. According to Israeli media reports, Katz stated during the tour that Israel would continue to defend its northern regions against any threat. Morgan Ortagus is reportedly ...

Israeli Strikes in South Lebanon and Bekaa: four killed, one injured

This is Beirut 26/10 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A series of Israeli air raids hit several areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa on Sunday. An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Naqoura on Sunday morning, killing one person, according to the Ministry of Health. The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, said Sunday evening that the target was Abdel Mahmud ...

The Lebanese Tomato Takes Center Stage: Prices Skyrocket Across Markets

Christiane Tager 26/10 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Across produce stalls from Beirut to Zahlé, from the South to the North, conversations brim with disbelief and nostalgia: “Remember when a kilo of tomatoes cost 20,000 pounds?” That was only a few months ago. Today, the same kilo fetches up to seven times that price. According to one tomato grower, this surge is rooted in the heavy losses ...

VideosWe’re Turning Back the Clock Tonight!

Rayan Chami 25/10 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon ends daylight saving time at midnight, marking the start of wintertime. Clocks move back one hour, bringing shorter days, longer nights, and one extra hour of sleep.

One killed in Israeli strike on Haruf, Nabatiyeh

This is Beirut 25/10 13:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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An Israeli strike targeted a vehicle Saturday on the Haruf–Jebchit road in the Nabatiyeh caza, killing one person and injuring another, according to Ministry of Health reports. The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, said that Zein al-Abidine Hussein Ftouni, the commander of the Hezbollah Radwan Unit’s ...

Salam to the Pope: Lebanon’s Freedom Is 'a Right for All'

This is Beirut 25/10 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that “the unity, sovereignty, and freedom of Lebanon are a right for all its children,” following his meeting with Pope Leon XIV at the Vatican. In a message posted Saturday on platform X, Mr. Salam added that “peace in the region can only be built on justice, particularly on the right of the Palestinian ...

SpotlightKill the Woman

Amine Jules Iskandar 25/10 12:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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At the root of society lies the family, and at the root of the family lies the woman. Society is built on this basic unit, the household, which provides security and solidarity, shapes values and transmits heritage. This nucleus of social cohesion, for all humanity, is precisely what liberal and globalist ideologies have been targeting. To turn ...

AnalysisLebanon’s Last Chance: Disarm Hezbollah or Risk Collapse

Amal Chmouny 25/10 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s long‑simmering debate over Hezbollah’s disarmament has sharpened into a defining confrontation between state sovereignty and a foreign‑backed militia. In Washington, the issue is becoming the centerpiece of US regional policy. For President Trump’s administration, Hezbollah’s disarmament is not merely a security objective but ...

Clearfield's Mechanism: Remaking Peace, Once Again

Natasha Metni Torbey 24/10 18:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Same story, same players. After every lull along the southern border, the same words return, the same statements roll out, the same diplomats spring into action, each convinced that this time, “it’s different.” We hear about a “gradual de-escalation plan,” a “monitoring mechanism,” a “return to the core resolutions.” Earnest ...

Israeli Raid on Toul Kills Two, Including Hezbollah Member

This is Beirut 24/10 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two people were killed on Friday in an Israeli air raid on the Toul region in the Nabatieh caza, southern Lebanon. The victims were identified as Hussein al-Abd Hamdan, a Hezbollah member who had survived last year’s Pager explosion, and Abbas Hassan Karaki, who was driving a Honda CR-V at the time of the strike. Karaki’s brother, Radwan ...

Op-edSheikh Naim’s Clash with the Formal Economy

Johnny Kortbawi 24/10 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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One of Hezbollah’s most pressing challenges, beyond its ongoing military decline and Israel’s persistent targeting of its depots and stockpiles, is its financial crisis. The depletion of resources has left the group unable to engage with its population as it once did to sustain its alternative economy. A clear example is Sheikh Naim ...