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Lebanon's Labor Day: The Unaddressed Crisis of Salaries and Benefits
Liliane Mokbel 2025-04-29 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Labor Day, celebrated on May 1, offers little cause for celebration this year in Lebanon. How can workers rejoice when they’re trapped in a cycle of triple-digit inflation—despite some studies, curiously detached from reality, suggesting otherwise? The purchasing power of their end-of-service benefits, steadily eroded since 2019, is now ...
The Fall of the Captagon Empire: Assad’s Regime and the Drug Trade
Vanessa Kallas 2024-12-16 11:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Assad regime has fallen, leaving behind the largest Captagon empire in the world. For years, the regime relied on the multibillion-dollar Captagon market to finance its war efforts, support allied militias like Hezbollah and circumvent international sanctions. Recent seizures of Captagon factories and pills in former regime strongholds ...
Yemen's Houthis a "Nuisance" and "Menace" for Israel Despite Weakened Iran
This is Beirut 2025-01-01 10:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis remain a stubborn thorn in its side, analysts say. With the ranks of Hamas and Hezbollah decimated after more than a year of war, and with the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ...
Trump Asks US Supreme Court to Pause Law Threatening TikTok Ban
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. "In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing ...
Old $100 Bill Still Valid
This is Beirut 2024-12-27 21:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) has issued a statement denying rumors circulating on certain social networks, claiming that the old printing of the hundred-dollar bill is still in circulation in the country. According to these rumors, the distribution of these bills has been suspended worldwide. However, the ISF said ...
Iran Lifts WhatsApp Ban After Two Years of Restrictions
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran's top council responsible for safeguarding the internet voted Tuesday to lift a ban on the popular messaging application WhatsApp, which has been subject to restrictions for over two years, state media reported. "The ban on WhatsApp and Google Play was removed by unanimous vote of the members of the Supreme Council of ...
ISF Warns of Fraudulent Schemes on WhatsApp
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) is warning citizens not to fall victim to scam schemes they may encounter through social networks. These scams typically involve messages received from foreign numbers via the WhatsApp application, "offering remote work opportunities and promises of earning money," according to data ...
Hezbollah Faces Legal Complaints From Its Own Supporters
This is Beirut 2024-12-16 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Following the ceasefire announced on November 27 and in light of the significant material damage and human losses from a war Lebanon was reluctantly drawn into, several Shiite supporters of Hezbollah from southern Lebanon have filed complaints against the organization. This was reported by the daily Nidaa al-Watan on Monday, citing well-informed ...
Syrian Prisons: Programmed Dehumanization
David Sahyoun 2024-12-13 17:42 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Tortured and broken in the prisons of the Syrian regime, detainees are stripped of their humanity. Devastating traumas and challenges in reintegration: psychoanalysis and the humanities shed light on the mechanisms of inevitable dehumanization and outline the difficult paths of reconstruction, at the crossroads of the personal and the ...
The Phenomenon of New Year Predictions: Between Superstition and Social Decline
Salam El Zaatari 2025-01-02 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
As every New Year’s Eve approaches, Arab, and particularly Lebanese, television screens transform into stages for predictors, fortune-tellers and astrologers. These self-proclaimed “seers” flood the airwaves with vague prophecies, feeding millions of viewers a cocktail of fear, hope and illusion. However, behind this spectacle lies a deeper ...
Abolish the Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council Immediately!
Maurice Matta 2024-12-12 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syrian presence in Lebanon dates back to 1976, a year after the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war. Syrian forces entered Lebanon as part of the Arab Deterrent Forces, and the Syrian government successfully cemented its presence. This was later consolidated by the Arab League mandate under the Taif Agreement, signed on October 22, 1989, which ...
Victor Ambros: From Skepticism to the Nobel Prize
Alain E. Andrea 2024-12-10 19:40 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
“All of my remaining realisable assets are to be disbursed as follows: the capital, converted to safe securities by my executors, is to constitute a fund, the interest on which is to be distributed annually as prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” These were Alfred Nobel's final ...
Syria, Rebuilding the Future
Liliane Mokbel 2024-12-10 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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According to estimates from various UN and international sources, Syria's reconstruction could yield benefits for all. However, these prospects remain uncertain and far from guaranteed. With the country still reeling from the war that followed the 2011 uprising, Syria's reconstruction is shaping up to be a lengthy and costly process, but it ...
What Political Governance for Post-Assad Syria? (2/2)
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-12-09 17:40 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Now that Bashar al-Assad's dictatorial regime has been overthrown, imagining what the “day after” might look like remains a challenge. Even more uncertain is the model of governance that could take shape in a post-Assad Syria. The rebel factions, collectively referred to as the “opposition forces,” form a disparate, profoundly ...
Iranian Embassy in Syria "Attacked" After Assad's Fall
This is Beirut 2024-12-08 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's embassy in Syria was "attacked" on Sunday, Iranian state TV said, after Islamist-led rebels declared the fall of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping offensive that culminated in Damascus. "Unknown individuals have attacked the Iranian embassy, as you can see in these images shared by various networks," a state TV broadcaster ...
Telecom Sector Suffered $117 Million in Damages
This is Beirut 2024-12-06 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon's telecommunications sector has suffered significant damage due to Israeli bombings, with initial estimates placing the losses at $117 million. This was revealed by the caretaker Minister of Telecommunications, Johnny Corm, in an interview with Sputnik. Corm explained that the estimated figures range between $88 million and $117 million, ...
Attack in New Orleans: The Suspect is An Ex-Military Man ‘Inspired’ By The Islamic State Group
This is Beirut 2025-01-02 05:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the deceased suspect in the ram-vehicle attack in New Orleans that killed at least 15 people on Wednesday, was ‘inspired’ by the Islamic State group and had reportedly become radicalised in recent years. An estate agent and former soldier, the man was a 42-year-old American citizen born in Texas. US President Joe ...
UN Experts Slam Israel's 'Blatant Assault' on Health Rights in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-01-02 23:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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UN experts on Thursday denounced Israel's raid on an embattled hospital in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the "blatant assault" on health rights in the besieged Palestinian territory. Reiterating charges that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza something the Israeli government strongly denies, two independent United Nations rights experts ...
Natural Resources as Instruments of War
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-03-06 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For decades, Yemen’s economy has been a key driver of the conflicts that have ravaged the country. Plagued by widespread poverty, heavily dependent on natural resources and hindered by inefficient governance, Yemen’s economy has been exploited by various factions, deepening internal divisions and attracting external ...
Syrian Artillery Bombs Border Areas
This is Beirut 2025-02-09 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions remain high on the Lebanese-Syrian border, with violent clashes continuing, particularly in Matraba, between armed elements in Hermel and Syrian security forces. Sunday afternoon, the Lebanese army has sent reinforcements to Masharih el-Qaa, on the border. This afternoon, shells struck the official school in Qanaf and the locality of ...
The New Political Dynamics and Their Purview
Charles Chartouni 2025-03-03 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The international political scene is changing, but its features are still fleeting and with no final configurations. The main driver is the new foreign policy orientations outlined by President Trump. Are we witnessing the end of the transatlantic partnership, the demise of NATO, the withering of the civilizational framing of the Western political ...
Hezbollah's Financing From Iran Undermined Following Assad's Fall in Syria
Liliane Mokbel 2025-02-28 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah continues to pay salaries to its leaders, but the long-term sustainability of this practice is increasingly uncertain. The challenges in receiving Iranian funds have grown, compounded by the closure of hard drug production facilities in Syria. The land route to transfer these funds through Syria has been entirely shut down, and the air ...
Hello… Hello, Everything Is Falling Apart!
Christiane Tager 2025-02-28 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Everything is falling apart! It's nearly impossible to normally connect to the web or make a phone call without constant interruptions. To make matters worse, outages and technical failures continue to spread across the country, even though the price hikes needed to sustain the sector have already been enforced. It’s long overdue for urgent ...
14 Billion Dollars: The Devastating Losses of the Hezbollah-Israel Conflict
Christiane Tager 2025-02-21 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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$14 billion! That is the historic and no less colossal amount of damage caused by the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. This sum includes both material damage and economic losses. The reconstruction costs are estimated at around $12 billion. For Nassib Ghobril, chief economist at Byblos Bank, economic losses amount to at least $3 ...
The Regalian Function and the Poor Exercise of Power
Charles Chartouni 2025-02-17 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The new government of Lebanon was welcomed as symptomatic of a new era. Nonetheless, its shortcomings are obvious, and its inaugural performance is not a good omen. The political subtext is plainly contradictory, and its steering committee doesn’t seem to realize that its multiple inconsistencies are self-defeating. Surfing on the false idea of ...
At the Lebanon-Syria Border, the New Syrian Authorities Are Hunting Down Traffickers Linked to Hezbollah
This is Beirut 2025-02-14 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a mountainous region between Syria and Lebanon, once controlled by smugglers linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah, a Syrian security official has a padlock broken on an abandoned building, revealing a newly discovered drug factory left to deteriorate. In the Qousseir region, located in the Homs province in eastern Syria, the new authorities ...
How China Allegedly Contributes to the Deadly Fentanyl Crisis
This is Beirut 2025-02-03 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on Chinese goods, partly in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States. Washington has long accused Beijing of turning a blind eye to the deadly fentanyl trade, which US authorities estimate caused tens of thousands of deaths a year. China denies ...
Macron: Iran 'Main Strategic and Security Challenge' in Middle East
This is Beirut 2025-01-06 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said Iran was the main strategic and security challenge in the Middle East, citing the acceleration of its nuclear programme and support for Russia's war against Ukraine. "Iran is the main strategic and security challenge for France, the Europeans, the entire region and beyond," Macron said in a speech ...
All Eyes on the Ministry of Finance
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-01-27 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The exception is not the rule. This saying does not apply to Lebanon, where for over a decade, well after the signing of the Taif Agreement in 1989, the Amal-Hezbollah duo has persistently claimed—“de facto and de jure,” as they often assert—the Ministry of Finance, one of the most coveted portfolios in the country. The reasons behind ...
Armed, Provocative Hezbollah Convoys in Various Regions
This is Beirut 2025-01-26 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Sunday evening, Hezbollah organized armed motorized convoys in Saida and Maghdoucheh in southern Lebanon, as well as in various areas of Beirut, including Ain Mraisseh, Sakiet al-Janzeer, Furn el-Chebbak, Burj Hammoud and Gemmayzeh, to celebrate the return of displaced persons to border villages by the deadline for Israel's withdrawal under ...