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THE NEW HUMANITARIAN/1.16.25 — Over the past week, Lebanon gained both a new president and prime minister-designate, raising hopes for a recovery from years of economic collapse and reconstruction...
SYRIA DIRECT/12.12.24 — Past olive groves and orange orchards in Lebanon’s southern hilly terrain is the quaint village of Qana. In biblical times, Jesus is said to have found refuge in the village...
SYRIA DIRECT/11.29.24 — Fertile fields stretch to the horizon in Chaat, a farming village in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. In mid-November, most lay barren—untilled and unplanted—after many...
THE NEW ARAB/11.28.24 — On Wednesday morning Lebanon awoke to quiet skies, as the deadly hum of Israeli drones and the roar of warplanes had subsided. A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah...
MIDDLE EAST EYE/11.26.24 — Tucked away in the foothills of Mount Lebanon, the quaint Bekaa Valley village of Deir al-Ahmar has become a sanctuary for thousands of people fleeing intense Israeli...
THE NEW STATESMAN/11.23.24 — An opaque sheet of plastic covered the second-floor windows of the Palmyra Hotel in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, blocking the view of the Temple of Jupiter, one of the...
At 4 am, Israel struck a Beirut building, killing its residents as they slept. This is the aftermath
THE NEW ARAB/11.23.24 — Beirut was jolted awake last night by deadly Israeli airstrikes, which hit in the heart of the Lebanese capital without warning at around 4 am, levelling an entire apartment...
MIDDLE EAST EYE/11.18.24 — From their home in Nabatieh’s historic city centre, Amina Bitar and her family have watched as homes and shops around them have fallen into piles of blackened rubble. The...
MIDDLE EAST EYE/11.11.24 — On a hilltop in Lebanon’s southern city of Nabatieh, rescue workers stood on standby, ready to respond to the near-constant Israeli air strikes below...