Tag: Lebanon

For the first time since 1958, there is reason for hope in Lebanon. That hope lies today in the rise of two Lebanese public figures who served their country ably ...

Lebanon’s newly-installed President Joseph Aoun on Monday named the sitting head of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Nawaf Salam, as prime minister on Monday. As with Aoun, Salam will ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Lebanon’s new head of state, destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County, and a deadly attack on Chad’s presidential palace. Forming a ...

The Lebanese legislature on Thursday elected army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun as president, filling an office that has been vacant since President Michel Aoun (no relation) ended his term in ...

Of the many worrying developments across the Middle East this year, the direct military confrontation between Israel and Iran stands out. The two states have long fought a shadow war, ...

Cate Blanchett and Nadine Labaki were among the stars sending messages of support for Beirut’s landmark arthouse Metropolis Cinema as it officially opened its new venue in the city’s port ...

Producing an independent film is a challenge at the best of times:  Beirut-based producer Georges Schoucair has shot two tightly financed indie features and helped launch a new arthouse cinema ...

The regime in Iran is scrambling to explain why it was unable to protect its client Bashar Assad in Syria from being overthrown by a lightning-fast jihadi offensive that accomplished ...

When Israel and Hezbollah signed a cease-fire agreement in late November, it represented a rare bit of hopeful news since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack enflamed the Middle East. But ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday that it had arrested four Hezbollah terrorists who were sneaking south among civilians returning to their homes in southern Lebanon following the onset ...