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Lebanon: What a stabbing in small town says of rising hostility against Syrian refugees

MIDDLE EAST EYE/5.14.23 — In Mohammed Amro's supermarket in Lebanon's Nahr Ibrahim, the floor is stained with blood and the roof pierced by two bullet holes - the scars of a brutal attack on his two...

U.S. urges Lebanon to elect president after 6 months without a leader

AXIOS/5.3.23 — The U.S. this week urged crisis-hit Lebanon to move “expeditiously” to elect an "appropriate" president six months after the last head of state departed the presidential palace...

Hamas and Hezbollah: Growing coordination in Lebanon?

THE NEW ARAB/4.18.23 — A recent rocket barrage from Lebanon across its southern border with Israel — the most intense in nearly seventeen years — could demonstrate growing coordination between...

Rockets fired from Lebanon highlight growing Hamas-Hezbollah ties, experts say

AXIOS/4.12.23 — Last week’s intense exchange of rocket fire over Lebanon’s southern border with Israel left Lebanon in fear of being dragged into another war, which would be catastrophic as the...

How Lebanon is replacing the collapsing lira with the dollar

MIDDLE EAST EYE/3.25.23 — A bustling row of shops in Beirut’s Armenian neighbourhood, Bourj Hammoud, is now covered in dollar signs...

Lebanon’s economic woes worsen

AXIOS/3.22.23 — The Lebanese pound, or lira, sank to a new low this week, worsening conditions for people already struggling to cope with Lebanon's unprecedented economic crisis...

Lebanon’s army suffers with currency collapse as desertions mount

AL MONITOR/2.27.23 — These days, Omar* doesn’t go out much. The 35-year-old Lebanese soldier says the lifestyle he used to afford is no longer possible...
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