Elections results in Lebanon raise fear of new power struggle

May 20th, 20220 Lebanon's emboldened opposition goes from protest to parliament BEIRUT – When Halime El Kaakour enters Lebanon's parliament as a newly elected lawmaker next week, she will step past the same concrete barriers that security forces erected to keep her and other protesters out during massive anti-government rallies in 2019. Powered by...

Two ex-ministers snub judge after being charged over Beirut blast

December 16th, 20200 BEIRUT — Two former Lebanese ministers charged with negligence over a huge explosion at Beirut port in August that killed 200 people snubbed a judge on Wednesday by not turning up for questioning. Judge Fadi Sawan charged three former ministers and the caretaker prime minister last week, sparking fierce debate about whether he had...

Lebanon President Aoun urges forgiveness, stability after protests

January 30th, 20180 BEIRUT ― Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for forgiveness and stability on Tuesday after a political row involving his son-in-law triggered street protests and deepened a rift with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Berri supporters set tires ablaze and blocked roads on Monday in protest against comments by Aoun’s son-in-law,...

Locals give hope to refugee widows and orphans

August 25th, 20170 WARREN — “Should I even bring this little girl into the world? How will my child be raised? In a refugee camp?” These are the distressed thoughts— told by an Arab American teen— of Hanana Asaad, a young mother ready to give birth at a Jordanian refugee camp. She reportedly walked three miles, malnourished and weak, to the...