Without deep legislative and structural reforms, Lebanons agricultural sector could suffer severely, pushing even more people out of work and into poverty.
detailsThe blasts that ripped through Beirut’s historic port could hardly have come at a worse time, as the city struggles with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis...
detailsThe Nabatieh protestors smashed the notion of a Shia community solidly behind Hezbollah and Amal.
detailsEstablishing a credible National Wealth Fund would help to alleviate the countrys multiple crises.
detailsToday, four of the five pillars that had sustained Lebanon are collapsing, creating fears for the future.
detailsConservative Republicans have unveiled a report that could have terrible consequences for a country already facing ruin.
detailsLebanons politicians know they must save their country from an implosion in order to save themselves.
detailsA country with a proud history of trade and commerce is starting to crumble into permanent poverty.
detailsIn Lebanon, the local currency has slumped to a record low, people are losing their jobs and the price of food is skyrocketing. Despite the threat posed by the coronavirus, hundreds are taking to the streets in protest. Julia Neumann reports from Beirut
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsUS currency is imported into the country but Beiruts international airport is to remain closed until at least 12 April
detailsWhether by force or politics, Iran desperately needs to reconsolidate power among Shia constituencies throughout the region, but this challenge may prove insurmountable given current public sentiment in Iraq and Lebanon.
detailsLebanon is struggling against simultaneous shocks, and the country is in urgent need of a new social contract.
detailsHezbollah leader sponsors truce talks, with Iraqi paramilitaries endorsing Hadi al-Amiri as PMF leader and Tehran courting Moqtada al-Sadr in bid to form united resistance
detailsLebanons protesters succeeded in one of their demands: the resignation of the countrys embattled Prime Minister. After the seismic protests, what is the best way forward?
detailsNearly a decade after the Arab Spring fizzled, a new wave of protest has swept over the Middle East and North Africa. What is different this time, and will the protesters get what they want?
detailsUnrest is seemingly everywhere. We look at the some of the reasons for and responses to it in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Chile, Catalonia and Iraq
detailsTehran may be good at winning influence, but it is bad at ruling after that.
detailsThe crisis in Lebanon has been simmering for months
detailsAfter Lebanons civil war ended in 1990, it began rapidly expanding the public debt. This debt has exacerbated widening socioeconomic inequalities, now threatening the countrys stability.
detailsLebanese citizens are living day by day the repercussions of the dollar scarcity crisis, as the fuel sector threatens an open strike next week if the government fails to find a proper solution.
detailsIn an interview, Makram Ouaiss says Lebanese politicians may provoke a new trash crisis to reach their favored waste solutions.
detailsSaudi Arabia gamble to pressure Hezbollah by forcing Saad Hariri to resign may be paying off
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