A very-well-known mafia, common knowledge to all, has decided to come out of the shadows with a vengeance, crowning several weeks of hard-boiled negotiations...
President Michel Aoun has at last lifted the lid on the not-so-secret secret.
It has become obvious that the Free Patriotic Movement has a well-armed social media militia, always on high alert to attack opponents or anyone who dares to...
Although considered a democracy, Lebanon leaves much to be desired when it comes to how its parliamentarians are elected, and more importantly what they do...
As Marin Beros has noted, the concept of cosmopolitanism dates from the period of the ancient Greek philosopher Cynic Diogenes of Sinope, who first declared,...
The Helsinki summit that took place, in private, between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on July 16 was received with a wave of condemnations by...
The concept of democracy, strength and power of the people (demos – people; kratos – force, power), that was born in the bosom of the city of Athens, and more...
When Mike Pompeo became secretary of state on May 1, he advised his new colleagues at Foggy Bottom: “I want the State Department to get its swagger back.”
By trying to make an example of Ahed Tamimi – dubbed by Western media as a modern day “Joan of Arc” – Israel, by arresting her, has only managed to transform...
As all signs in Syria point to a return to the pre-2011 status quo, a conspiracy is unraveling.
Since the arrival of refugees in Lebanon, we have weathered a barrage of remarks from the unscrupulous hacks of Lebanese politics who presumed to give us...
As the world was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, the ex-South African president who eradicated the last bastion of...
Israel is running out of excuses to launch a full-scale aggression against Gaza.
The news conference between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had barely ended Monday when an avalanche of condemnation in the strongest possible...
When Lebanon’s tourism minister held a conference that included the major players from the tourism and hospitality industry, it was expected that finally this...
It is tragic when political parties lose sight of the bigger picture and put a country’s stability and economy in peril for their own narrow-minded ambitions.
His ancestors dreamt about setting foot in the warm waters of the Mediterranean, and their descendants adopted that dream as a policy. However, they found...
A twinge of optimism was palpable earlier this week when the Lebanese government received the McKinsey report outlining a five-year plan to develop and guide...
Operation “Starve the Palestinians” is in full swing, with the U.S. halting funds to UNRWA, Israel withholding taxes from the Palestinian Authority and...
The systemic offensive Syria’s regime has embarked on, with the support of Russia, to retake the country’s south, a strategic zone that borders both Jordan...
For the past week or so, U.S. President Donald Trump has been making claims about a seemingly imminent breakthrough in the Arab-Israeli problem, with his...