The MPs said the project was an example of the “failed policy” that Lebanese citizens have taken to the streets to oppose.
Riot police in Lebanon were shooting rubber bullets and tear gas canisters directly into crowds at chest-level.
Clashes between protesters and security forces left more than 300 people wounded over the weekend, the heaviest toll since the start of the anti-government protests three months ago. Violence erupted in the streets of Beirut during a “week of anger,” with protesters growing frustrated over the political leadership’s failure to...
As the economic crisis worsens, Lebanon stands to lose essential services like internet and electricity. The dollar liquidity crisis has...
Reports suggest that 50 protesters were detained.
Protesters over the past 24 hours have targeted branches of state-run Electricité du Liban and power infrastructures in northern Lebanon amid widespread blackouts across the country exceeding 16 hours a day due to rationing. A source at EDL told Beirut Today that the increased outages were primarily due to a...
Nidal Ayoub was interrogated by the Cybercrimes Bureau Tuesday on charges including insulting the president and “undermining the prestige of the state.”
Protesters in Lebanon rung in the new year by pressuring different public institutions they see as corrupt and inefficient.
Protesters are fighting back against the collusion of Central Bank and the Lebanese authorities with bankers at the expense of the majority of the population.
On the symbol of resistance and globalization attempts
For the fourth episode of Beirut Talks, lawyer, human rights researcher, activist, and co-founder of Beirut Madinati Nayla Geagea breaks...
BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday postponed the parliamentary consultations to select a new prime minister following a weekend marred with violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Beirut. Sunday’s protests came hours before Aoun was due to meet with representatives of parliamentary blocs to select a new...