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From Sweida to Hasbaya: The Druze Soul Under Strain
Katia Kahil 2025-07-31 13:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
While Syria’s Sweida province remains on edge following July’s deadly clashes, the reverberations are deeply felt across the border in Hasbaya. In this part of southern Lebanon—as elsewhere in the Druze world—identity transcends borders. The people of Hasbaya have lived this tragedy as their own, with Druze Sheikh al-Aql, Sami Abi ...
Trump’s Tariffs: Protection or Risky Bet for the US Economy?
Mario Chartouni 2025-08-01 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Tariffs have once again taken center stage in American trade policy. On Thursday, the White House announced a major overhaul of customs duties, marking a new chapter in President Donald Trump’s protectionist agenda. In an official statement, the White House emphasized that these measures aim to “protect American workers” and to “secure ...
Barrack and Ortagus Coordinate on Lebanon
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-08-02 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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All eyes are on the Lebanese Cabinet session scheduled for next Tuesday, which will address the issue of “disarming Hezbollah,” a phrase used by President Joseph Aoun in his speech on Thursday, Army Day’s eve. According to sources, Washington is awaiting the outcome of this session before determining its next steps toward Lebanon. US ...
The Art of Redistricting: How Gerrymandering Influences US Elections
Mario Chartouni 2025-08-06 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Five additional seats in Texas, two in Ohio and one in Missouri – across the United States, Donald Trump is encouraging his allies to embrace gerrymandering, a political tactic designed to tilt congressional representation in favor of Republicans. “I won Texas,” he declared in a CNBC interview, insisting that Republicans “deserve five ...
Ghana Defense and Environment Ministers Killed in Helicopter Crash
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 21:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ghana's defense and environment ministers were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, hours after the armed forces reported a chopper carrying three crew and five passengers dropped off the radar. Television station Joy News broadcast cell phone footage from the crash scene showing smoldering wreckage in a heavily ...
Israeli Minister Vows 'Return' to Evacuated West Bank Settlement
This is Beirut 2025-08-07 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An Israeli minister announced on Thursday plans to rebuild Sa-Nur, a settlement in the occupied West Bank that was evacuated two decades ago, as the far right spearheads a major settlement expansion push. Sa-Nur's settlers were evicted in 2005 as part of Israel's so-called disengagement policy that also saw the country withdrawing troops and ...
Accumulating Bitcoin a Risky Digital Rush by Companies?
This is Beirut 2025-08-08 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's media group and Tesla, the electric carmaker owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, are among an increasing number of companies buying huge amounts of bitcoin. The aim? To diversify reserves, counter inflation and attract investors, analysts say. Who also invests? Companies frequently own bitcoin -- the largest ...
Iraq Divided Over Future of Pro-Iran Armed Alliance
This is Beirut 2025-08-08 13:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A bill in Iraq that would further formalise the role -- and perhaps, the autonomy -- of a powerful coalition of pro-Iran former paramilitaries has sparked a heated debate, fanned in part by US pressure. Few details of the bill that could decide the future of the Hashed al-Shaabi alliance have been made public. Formed in 2014 when Iraqis were ...
Sheikh Akl of the Druze Defends Walid Joumblatt’s Positions
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The spiritual leader of Lebanon's Druze community, Sheikh Akl Samy Abi el-Mona, has rejected accusations against Walid Joumblatt, saying that his positions “are the antithesis of betraying history and identity.” In a statement issued after consulting with leading religious dignitaries, the sheikh denounced “the project aimed at uprooting ...
Lebanon Condemns Iranian Official’s Remarks as 'Blatant Interference'
This is Beirut 2025-08-09 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants on Saturday sharply criticized recent comments by Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, denouncing them as “a blatant and unacceptable interference in Lebanon’s internal affairs.” In a statement, the ministry said Velayati’s remarks were the latest in a series ...
Challenges to Hezbollah's Resurgence and Lebanon's Sovereignty
Amal Chmouny 2025-08-10 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon is navigating a complex political and military landscape, with a strong push from the United States and the international community encouraging the Lebanese government to enhance state sovereignty and work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah and other armed groups. Recently, US presidential envoy Tom Barrack presented a comprehensive plan ...
Samy Gemayel: 'Any Talk of Keeping Weapons Has Only One Purpose: To Trample on the Dignity of Others'
This is Beirut 2025-08-10 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
During the Kataeb Party’s commemorative ceremony in Sin el-Fil honoring the branch’s martyrs, party leader MP Samy Gemayel reaffirmed his rejection of illegal weapons in Lebanon, denouncing them as “tools serving foreign powers” that “have only been used to impose themselves on other Lebanese, to divide and to spread fear.” Recalling ...
The Institutionalized Impasses
Charles Chartouni 2025-08-11 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Eight months after the Presidential election and the formation of a new cabinet, Lebanon is still debating the decommissioning of Hezbollah and the restoration of the state’s sovereignty. The constitutional terms and the international mandates were not enough to sway the recalcitrance of the government, to dissuade Hezbollah and to stop the ...
Zebqine Explosion: Rising Speculation Following the Death of Six Soldiers
Mario Chartouni 2025-08-11 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Six Lebanese soldiers lost their lives on Saturday, August 9, in a powerful blast in the Zebqine valley near Majdel Zoun, in the Tyre district. The soldiers, who were part of the Engineering Unit, were carrying out a mission to dismantle an ammunition depot alongside members of the Fifth Brigade when the explosion occurred. This tragedy comes at ...
Child Dies in Italy as European Heatwave Sets Records and Sparks Wildfires
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 21:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cities saw record temperatures, as a heatwave baked Europe on Monday. The four-year-old Romanian boy died days after being found unconscious in the family's car in Sardinia. The boy was airlifted to a Rome hospital but died of irreversible brain ...
Russian Forces Pierce Ukraine Lines in Isolated Advance
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian forces have rapidly advanced in a narrow but important sector of the front line, the Ukrainian military and analysts said Tuesday, days ahead of a meeting between the Russian and US presidents. Moscow's army, which invaded Ukraine in 2022, has made costly but incremental gains across the sprawling front in recent months and claims to have ...
US Summit in Alaska a 'Personal Victory' for Putin and Zelensky
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 22:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had scored a "personal victory" by getting invited to talks with Donald Trump on US soil and that the meeting further delayed sanctions on Moscow. Zelensky also ruled out withdrawing troops from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as part ...
Zelensky Says Ukraine, Allies Must Resist Russian 'Deception'
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukraine and its allies must work together to pressure Russia into ending its invasion, ahead of talks in Berlin with European leaders and US leader Donald Trump. "Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a fair peace. We must learn from the experience of Ukraine and our partners to ...
Naim Qassem: “No Life in Lebanon if Government Confronts Resistance”
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, once again made a show of defiance on Friday, intensifying threats against the Lebanese state and its people. In a speech more aggressive than his previous ones, Qassem bluntly tied Lebanon’s fate to his group’s weapons. “Lebanon can only be built with all its components. If it ...
Qassem’s Speech Sparks Political Firestorm in Beirut
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 14:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s chief, Sheikh Naim Qassem, made unacceptable and controversial remarks, in which he threatened civil strife and linked the survival of Lebanon to the presence of their weapons. These remarks have triggered a wave of condemnations from political and institutional figures committed to defending Lebanese sovereignty. Minister ...
Lebanon Reinforces Its Sovereignty as Hezbollah and Iranian Influence Decline
Amal Chmouny 2025-08-16 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In recent months, the geopolitical landscape in Lebanon has undergone a notable shift as Iran's influence, particularly through its support of Hezbollah, faces growing scrutiny and challenge. The once seemingly unassailable grip that Tehran had over Lebanese affairs is being tested, as internal tensions rise and the Lebanese government seeks to ...
Cabinet to Reconvene Thursday in Baabda
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Council of Ministers is set to hold a meeting on Thursday at Baabda Palace to discuss a ten-point agenda, with particular focus on international proposals aimed at securing internet access in Lebanon. The issue, brought forward by Minister of Telecommunications Charles Hage, was previously reviewed during a cabinet session held at the Grand ...
2026 Budget Law Draft: Cabinet to Meet Again on ‘Thursday or Friday’
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 20:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Information Minister Paul Morcos said on Wednesday that the 2026 budget law draft will be completed on Thursday or Friday after the cabinet convenes to review it. “The government is examining the budget realistically, and we are working to secure revenues to meet the needs of the administrative corps, which has salaries and legitimate ...
The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-11-11 21:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam PLO Hamas Palestinian United States
The Palestinian state is now history, owing to Hamas’s 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood attacks on Israel that dealt a fatal blow to Palestinian nationhood, a project that began in 1968 and peaked with the 1993 Oslo Accords. Hamas’s folly has prompted the UN Security Council to consider ending its longtime orthodoxy in support of a Palestinian state and ...
G7 Meets on Countering China's Critical Mineral Dominance
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Curbing China's critical mineral dominance will top the agenda at a G7 energy ministers meeting in Canada on Thursday, as industrialized democracies seek more reliable access to the resources that power future technologies. The Group of Seven, including US President Donald Trump's administration, has sounded the alarm over China's stranglehold on ...
The Jeopardized Peace
Charles Chartouni 2025-10-20 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Gaza Hamas Donald Trump Hezbollah
The significant progress toward peace achieved by the Trump administration presents a valuable opportunity if key obstacles can be overcome. None of the earlier, ill-conceived attempts to end the cycle of violence compare with the outstanding diplomatic achievement of the American administration. The humbug of the French president has faded away, ...
The Soft Narrative of Hezbollah’s Terror
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-10-21 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Every era has its instruments of propaganda — voices that amplify power, shaping history, politics, and identity to advance agendas far removed from democratic principles and the natural order of events. Since the assassination of Hezbollah’s former Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and after a period of denial and confusion within the ...
Didier Raoult, the Korean Study and the Lure of Oversimplification
Makram Haddad 2025-10-21 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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An internationally reputed microbiologist before 2020, Didier Raoult moved to the eye of the media storm with his promotion of hydroxychloroquine. Raoult, from Mandarin to Divisive ‘Star’ Since then, investigations, methodological critiques and disciplinary proceedings have piled up: in May 2023, his “off-protocol” regimens and a massive ...
Americans Call for Direct Talks Between Lebanon and Israel
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-10-21 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
Israel does not seek to negotiate with Lebanon solely over Hezbollah’s disarmament; its broader goal is a peace and normalization agreement between the two countries. At present, Israel shows little interest in Lebanese proposals, much like during the maritime border talks, where shuttle diplomacy by Amos Hochstein between Beirut and Tel Aviv ...
Gold Falls Again as Rally Comes to Halt, Asian Markets Drop
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Gold and silver tumbled for a second day Wednesday, bringing a rally in the precious metals to a juddering halt, while equities also sank after US President Donald Trump remarked that a meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping might not take place. Bullion has seen an eye-watering run-up since the turn of the year, helping it climb more than ...