Activists assaulted in downtown Beirut for baking MPs a cake
Activists have just been assaulted by Lebanese security forces after they say they had baked a cake to…
How did Minister Bassil acquire $22M of real estate?
Lebanese broadcaster LBC has just released a fascinating report detailing the curious and multi-million dollar real estate holdings…
When a state fears protests, not militias
The passing away of Zahle MP Elias Skaff last week after a “long (unspecified) illness” has opened an…
Poverty and abuse in the Bekaa
Once again, winter is approaching and Lebanon not only faces the environmental disaster of garbage soaking into the…
Who has been attacking protestors in Beirut?
“Listen you f**ks,” the man wearing military style pants and boots yelled at dozens of young male and…
A new era of boldness?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVzgm6rJIW8&feature=youtu.be These last few weeks have seen a lot of unprecedented moments in Lebanon. We saw huge protests…
Protestors embrace security forces after tense standoff
In contrast to the street violence earlier this week and harsh crackdown on young protestors, it was all…
Private security confront police at Zaitunay Bay
Watch this private security man get right in the face of uniformed police officers. According to Al Jadeed,…
Should elites be held responsible for their bodyguards?
The Daily Star reported today that a bodyguard associated with prominent banker Antoun Sehnaoui stabbed a man to…
Faces of Aoun: adventures in postwar Lebanon
On the surface, it felt like so many rallies I have covered in Lebanon. Young people, hungry for…