Former detainee Sheikh Abed al-Karim Obeid told a group of students at the Lebanese University on Thursday that he had three things in common with Sheikh...
Calls to avenge Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's assassination and to escalate the level of confrontation with Israel were made on Wednesday during a demonstration of...
Interior Minister Elias Murr said Thursday that the upcoming municipal elections will occur within the constitutional time limit, in a "guaranteed democratic...
Although the country recently celebrated the return of Lebanese prisoners from Israeli jails, it should not forget its political detainees in Syria, said...
Former Army General Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that the upcoming presidential elections would be free from any external interference. “The Lebanese will be...
Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Ayoub Humayed, said Monday that demand-side policies were needed in the energy and water sectors, a sharp departure...
Friday’s demonstration which was organized by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), and recent reports about the United States request of a Syrian withdrawal...
Four students were arrested and at least 10 injured in an anti-Syrian demonstration organized by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) on Friday. The protest was...
As students were recuperating from wounds they incurred at Wednesday’s university sit-in, others were planning for the next protest, which is scheduled to...
A peaceful student sit-in protesting the emigration of young Lebanese because of political corruption turned violent on Wednesday when a mass of security...
A recent murder in which a seven-month-old baby was killed, allegedly by his own father, has shocked Lebanese society. Kamal S., a resident of Ain Qana, a...
While President Bush seems to be ready to implement the so-called “Syrian Accountability Act” signed in December 2003, local politicians doubt that it would...
Today, Lebanese women join women across the world to celebrate “International Woman’s Day.” Like her counterpart in many other countries and regions, it can...
Upon first meeting, Samar seemed quite reluctant to tell her sad story. “I don’t want more problems than I already have,” the 39-year-old woman said, as her...
Reading an article about the headscarf ban in France, I couldn’t help but feel sad. Not because of the article and the ban, but because a country that I...
Sarah’s wide brown eyes and her delicate, innocent face are those of a child, but her swollen belly reveals that she is an expecting mother. Like many other...
Hanan and Elie met back in college six years ago, fell in love and decided to get married after their graduation. However, doing that proved to be an almost...
Kamal usually starts his day with a fresh cup of coffee and a daily newspaper. However, it’s not the news headlines he’s after. More important for Kamal, who...
Cosmetic surgery in Lebanon has witnessed a boom in the past two decades, with the “constant quest for beauty annually driving more and more people to...
Parliament voted during a plenary session Tuesday to decide the fate of Finance Minister Fouad Siniora and former Oil Minister Shahe Barsoumian. The two men...
For the past week two volunteer artists from the Farah al-Ataa (Joy Of Giving) foundation have been busy painting a mural stretching around the Lebanese...
Marwan, 13, has been working since he was nine. “My dad got me this job,” he said. “I am the eldest of my brothers and it’s my duty to help them.” Marwan...
In the absence of an official social security program that guarantees financial security in one’s golden years, old age in Lebanon is feared. The Lebanese...
Turning Beirut into an international fashion capital might seem like an easy job when Lebanese haute couture designers have acquired worldwide fame for their...