BEIRUT: In Lebanon, nearly every family has a batal a hero. For Nidal Ashkar, her father plays that role in “Not Long Ago” a musical performance...
BEIRUT: “Going to yoga and moving through the poses, I felt more free from the inside. This is the most important thing I learned in Roumieh: to feel...
BEIRUT: As public debate rages over two landfills near Beirut, the controversy is also being litigated in Lebanon’s courts. Cases to address the...
BEIRUT: As the battle over waste incinerators in Beirut rumbles on, a nearby municipality is also considering adopting the technology. Metn’s Jdeideh...
BEIRUT: Less than a week after Parliament approved Lebanon’s first-ever waste management legislation, lawmakers and activists are organizing to address...
The Daily Star has put together an explainer of the arguments made in the trial at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of those accused of being involved in the...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: Hearings have finally come to an end at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, almost five years after its opening day. Now the trial...
Editor's note: This article is part of The Daily Star's coverage of the final sessions of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Please check back here...
Editor's note: This article is part of The Daily Star's coverage of the final sessions of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Please check back here regularly...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse, lead counsel for Hassan Oneissi, delivered a fiery stream of closing arguments Wednesday at the...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The defense team for Hassan Merhi argued in its closing arguments Tuesday at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that the mishandling...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: Mohammad Aouini, lead counsel of Hassan Merhi’s defense team, argued Tuesday that his client was not the user of phones...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The defense team representing suspect Salim Ayyash delivered its closing arguments at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday,...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The defense counsel for accused suspect Salim Ayyash neared the end of their closing arguments at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon...
LEIDEN, Netherlands: The defense teams representing the Hezbollah-affiliated men accused of involvement in the assassination of Rafik Hariri are scheduled to...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The Legal Representative of Victims Friday highlighted the trauma suffered by 67 people who officially registered with the Special...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The prosecution extended its closing arguments Thursday and is now expected to conclude Friday – one day later than was...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The second day of closing arguments in the Rafik Hariri assassination trial took a sharp turn with the prosecution attributing...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The prosecution concluded its second day of closing arguments Wednesday by connecting the final accused Salim Ayyash to a...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The prosecution at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, in the opening to its closing arguments Tuesday, asserted that the...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands: The prosecution pronounced Tuesday that Salim Ayyash, Hassan Merhi, Hussein Oneissi and Assad Sabra were undeniably involved in the...
BEIRUT: Nearly four years after the first hearing in the case of Rafik Hariri’s assassination, the prosecution, defense and victims’...
BEIRUT: Beirut has often been heralded as a progressive bastion for the region’s LGBTQ community, but systemic discrimination and societal homophobia has...