After the last meeting with the president to form a new cabinet, PM designate Saad Hariri called Aoun’s demands “unacceptable”. He insisted that it is not the job of the President to form cabinets…
Nohad El Machnouk, the Lebanese member of parliament and former minister of interior and municipalities, spoke to Majalla about Lebanon’s government formation deadlock and its causes. He explained…
With a new set of priorities established by the Biden administration in Washington, less attention is being given to the Middle East, and especiallytoLebanon.And while the French President Emmanuel…
Protests turned into violent riots last week in Lebanon’s Tripoli when clashes erupted between security forces and protesters, leading to more than 400 wounded and one dead. Protesters hurled Molotov…
During his recentAl-MayadeenTV interview, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke for four hours in an attempt to address questions and concerns by the Lebanese people and Hezbollah’s constituency…
When Hezbollah declared itself as a resistance movement in 1982, it didn’t create an original concept. The National Resistance Front – composed of Lebanese secular and leftist parties – was already…
After almost a decade of mediating on behalf of the US, Lebanon and Israel finally began indirect talks on Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks…
Lebanon is today a hundred years old, and it is standing at a crossroad that would mark its centennial and also determine its future. There are many options ahead, but only two will make or break…
According to Lebanese media reports, French officials have met with Hezbollah officials on Wednesday, one day before the extended deadline to form a government in Lebanon. The French deadline was on…
One day ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Lebanon, a new Prime Minister was designated to form a new government, which is supposed to deal with the most challenging time for…
A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza
Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.
For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.