BEIRUT: Snaking its way through the fertile Bekaa Valley, the 140-kilometer-long Litani River rises west of Baalbeck and empties into the Mediterranean Sea....
BEIRUT: Perched on a nondescript hilltop between the plains of Zahle and Mount Lebanon, a worn-out bunker blends into the landscape of abandoned concrete...
BEIRUT: Lebanese-Palestinian gender rights activist Lina Abirafeh’s name features alongside the likes of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and...
BEIRUT: Syria’s Law 10, which seeks to earmark real estate development zones for reconstruction, is poised to pave the way for sweeping property...
BEIRUT: By 2030 – the horizon set by the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – the world could have instead taken several...
BEIRUT: The members of an independent body mandated to monitor and enhance the protection of human rights in Lebanon were appointed by Cabinet Monday, ending...
BEIRUT: As Gaza lived its deadliest day since the 50-Day War in 2014, Palestinians in Lebanon marking the 70th anniversary of the Nakba found themselves with...
BEIRUT: Shatila’s Memory Museum is no bigger than a bedroom. The water seeping through the walls has created rust-colored patterns along the peeling...
BEIRUT: Six female lawmakers are set to join the newly formed Parliament, a two-seat increase from the four seats won by women in the 2009 elections. The...
BEIRUT: The first international reactions to Lebanon’s much-awaited parliamentary elections started trickling in Monday amid prolonged delays in announcing...
ARSAL, Lebanon: Back in 2009, with the freshly agreed Doha accord easing the political rivalries and paving the way for a parliamentary vote, the...
ARSAL, Lebanon: Polling stations Sunday in the Baalbeck town of Arsal were thronged with voters filing through the entrance gates to cast a ballot in the...
BEIRUT: The upcoming parliamentary elections hold many firsts – a new electoral law, some 700,000 first-time voters, and a record 86 female candidates....
BEIRUT: With pledges at the second Brussels conference for Syria falling far short of their targets, concerns that financial support is declining have...
BEIRUT: Looking beyond Lebanon’s current electricity woes, the Order of Engineers is leaping into the future by investigating ways to make...
BEIRUT: Since representatives of over 70 countries, international organizations and Syrian civil society gathered in Brussels in April 2017 to coordinate the...
BEIRUT: A wall built to contain a burgeoning Tripoli dumpsite is progressively cracking and quivering behind the weight of a 37-meter-high pile of decomposing...
BEIRUT: Over 3,000 refugees in Lebanon have been forcibly removed from their dwellings following systematic “mass evictions” conducted by 13...
BEIRUT: With little over a month to go before the first national vote in nine years, experts are gauging the pulse of the electorate, tuning in to elements...
BEIRUT: Every morning, 9-year-old Basmah throws a backpack over her shoulders and goes on a short car ride from her Akkar home to school, together with her...
BEIRUT: The fall of Mosul in the summer of 2017 marked the beginning of Daesh’s (ISIS) inevitable military defeat and the end of its quasi-state. But...
MAROUN AL-RAS, Lebanon: “I come from an ideology that believes war to be a crime against humanity,” Tushar Gandhi – the great-grandson of...
BEIRUT: The national epic of mythical Rome – born out of internecine political struggle and fratricide – may well become a fitting allegory for...
BEIRUT: Of the 8 million tons of plastic flowing every year into the oceans worldwide, almost half is estimated to come from fast food. At this rate, some...
BEIRUT: Samar Malek – teasingly known as “the lawyer of the frog” by her family – has a passionate air when she talks about...