Lebanon

Salam Reaffirms Support for UNIFIL and Calls for Mandate Extension
Salam Reaffirms Support for UNIFIL and Calls for Mandate Extension

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reaffirmed Lebanon’s full commitment to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 during a meeting Tuesday with the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), General Diodato Abagnara, and a delegation from the peacekeeping mission. Salam emphasized the Lebanese government’s commitment ...

Casino du Liban: Hitting the Jackpot of Scandal
Casino du Liban: Hitting the Jackpot of Scandal

For decades a beacon of entertainment in Maameltein, Casino du Liban now finds itself at the heart of a storm of scandal and investigation. At the center of a sprawling probe—where suspicions of money laundering, illegal online gambling, political collusion and opaque financial schemes converge—the iconic casino has been entangled in a series ...

LAF Arrests 67 Syrians for Illegal Entry
LAF Arrests 67 Syrians for Illegal Entry

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) announced on Tuesday that army units arrested 67 Syrians over the past week for illegally crossing into Lebanese territory. In a statement, the Army Command said the arrests were made during security operations in the Beqaa region along the Lebanese-Syrian border. The measures, which include regular patrols and ...

Parliament Approves Key Bills Amid Boycotts
Parliament Approves Key Bills Amid Boycotts

After a series of delays and political standoffs, the Lebanese Parliament finally convened the second day of its plenary legislative sessions on Tuesday, but not without controversy. Initially postponed the evening before and then delayed by over an hour, the session opened just after midday, with the absence of MPs from the Kataeb Party, the ...

What Is the Shia Issue with the Diaspora?
AnalysisWhat Is the Shia Issue with the Diaspora?

The issue of expatriate voting - if it makes it onto Parliament’s agenda - has taken on a sectarian dimension, placing the Shia community in an increasingly contradictory position, both in relation to the broader Lebanese diaspora and to the very idea of Lebanese emigration itself. This tension is especially perplexing given that Shias ...

FM Rajji Says Syria Is Ready to Demarcate Its Borders with Lebanon
FM Rajji Says Syria Is Ready to Demarcate Its Borders with Lebanon

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji told Sky News Arabia on Tuesday that the Syrian administration was ready to demarcate and consolidate its border with Lebanon. This comprehensive step comes in light of the United States’ decision to lift its sanctions on Syria, a move described by Rajji as “a positive step that would have ...

Israeli Drone Strike Injures Two Civilians Near Jabal al‑Ahmar
Israeli Drone Strike Injures Two Civilians Near Jabal al‑Ahmar

An Israeli drone carried out an airstrike on Tuesday on a house in the town of Harouf, targeting the Jabal al-Ahmar area, located between Harouf and Choukin in the Nabatiyeh district.  The Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center confirmed that two civilians, one of them a child, sustained minor injuries. Earlier, another ...

Banking Reform Heats Up as Souhaid Pushes to Clarify Commission Powers
SpotlightBanking Reform Heats Up as Souhaid Pushes to Clarify Commission Powers

Most members of the Finance and Budget Committee’s subcommittee tasked with reviewing the draft Banking Reform Law agree on the need to protect the legislative reform process from both endless debate and political divisions, which could undermine the urgent financial restructuring Lebanon requires domestically and internationally. Participants ...

Disarming Hezbollah Is Here, Lebanon’s Peace with Israel Is Next
Op-edDisarming Hezbollah Is Here, Lebanon’s Peace with Israel Is Next

Now that the leaders of Lebanon are certain that Israel and America would not shy away from using force against Iran when need be, and now that they are sure that the bark of China and Russia in the Middle East is louder than their bite, Beirut is finally moving on Hezbollah’s arms. Lebanon’s normalization with Israel will come next. Druze ...

Lebanon’s Role in the Emerging Middle East: The Armistice as a Cornerstone
Lebanon’s Role in the Emerging Middle East: The Armistice as a Cornerstone

Although Hezbollah has refrained from directly involving Lebanon in the Israel-Iran conflict – limiting its role to rhetorical support – the country remains deeply affected by the ceasefire between these regional powers, according to an Arab diplomat. This truce is part of a broader peace initiative that United States President Donald Trump ...

866 Kg of Captagon Seized in Joint Lebanon-Saudi Drug Operation
866 Kg of Captagon Seized in Joint Lebanon-Saudi Drug Operation

The Lebanese Customs Directorate announced the seizure of 866 kilograms of Captagon concealed in a shipment of glass and porcelain tableware, following a coordinated operation with Saudi authorities. In a statement released on Monday, the directorate said the bust was made possible through close collaboration between the Anti-Narcotics Division ...

Hezbollah’s Arms and the US Ultimatum: Lebanon Faces Critical Decisions
ExplainerHezbollah’s Arms and the US Ultimatum: Lebanon Faces Critical Decisions

The question of Hezbollah’s weapons cannot be resolved solely within Lebanon. As an ideological, military and political extension of Iran, Hezbollah’s arsenal is intrinsically linked to broader regional dynamics, especially the power balance between Tehran and Washington. Experts agree that local initiatives will be ineffective unless ...