Tag: Lebanon
Lebanon and Saudi Arabia: help yes, criticism no?
Status: 11.11.2021 6:51 a.m. Lebanon’s economic situation is precarious. Help from Saudi Arabia is more than welcome. But are Lebanese politicians allowed to criticize the kingdom at the same time?…
Lebanon weakened by escalating tensions with the Gulf monarchies
A portrait of George Kordahi, Lebanese Minister of Information, in Sana’a, Yemen on October 31, 2021. MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP After the icy indifference, climbing. A major diplomatic and economic…
Hezbollah has 100,000 fighters, warns Nasrallah
Pro-Iranian Hezbollah leader in Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday (October 18th) that his movement has “100,000 armed and trained combatants“, Warning the Christian party of the Lebanese Forces (FL)…
Beirut: Shots, explosions, deaths – tensions escalate in Lebanon (video)
See in the video: Shots, explosions, deaths – tensions escalate in Lebanon. Dramatic scenes in the Lebanese capital Beirut. In Lebanon, the conflict over the legal processing of the devastating…
Rash of violence in Beirut awakens specter of dark years in Lebanon
Fighters of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements, during the clashes in Tayyouneh, in Beirut, on October 14, 2021. ANWAR AMRO / AFP Lebanese army columns are posted around the…
After fighting in Beirut: Fear of a new civil war in Lebanon
Status: 14.10.2021 9:41 p.m. At least six people were killed in violent firefights in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Confessional divides are opening again in the country. By Martin Durm, currently…
Lebanon: Dispute over investigation in Beirut escalates
Lebanon Dispute over investigation in Beirut escalates Shots by the security forces: people take cover behind a car and take care of an injured man. Photo: Hassan Ammar / AP…
Crisis in Lebanon: Dead in rioting in Beirut
Status: 10/14/2021 1:33 p.m. Several people died in violent riots in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The protests are against the judge who is supposed to investigate the 2020 explosion. Protests…
Crisis in Lebanon: Escape to Drugs as Self-Therapy
Status: 13.10.2021 4:30 a.m. Lebanon is going through one of the world’s worst economic crises. Many people struggle with mental health problems. The consequences: drug use and suicidal ideation increase.…
Economic crisis in Lebanon: when even bread becomes too expensive
report Status: 12.09.2021 12:03 p.m. Lebanon is in the midst of the greatest economic crisis in its history – and there is still no way out. Many Lebanese even find…