Media reports show pro-Hezbollah charities using online platforms to solicit donations via digital wallets to circumvent sanctions. In Lebanon's cash economy, that is a dangerous game to play.
Hezbollah's long-serving leader was killed in a powerful Israeli airstrike in Beirut one year ago. Now that the dust has settled, a clearer picture of his downfall can be seen.
The combined effect of the shocks to the Assad regime and Hezbollah's operational capacity has been to transform, rather than end, illicit cross-border economies like arms and captagon
His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Despite having signed an agreement to integrate into the Syrian state, its leaders attended a key security conference in Germany as a separate delegation from Damascus, in a move that unnerves Türkiye
Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations
A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan