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New Platform Launched to Track Key Developments and Emergency Information in Lebanon | Beirut Today

Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), in collaboration with the Disaster Risk Management Unit (DRM) at the Prime Minister’s...
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Beirut Today

Lebanon Cabinet Orders End to Hezbollah Armed Activities | Beirut Today

Lebanon’s Cabinet has formally declared that no armed or security activity can take place on Lebanese territory outside the authority...
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Marwan Issa

A 1% Increase in VAT Tax Is Very Dangerous: Here’s Why

On Monday, reports indicated that the Cabinet approved a LBP300,000 gasoline tax and a 1% increase in value-added tax (VAT), under the pretext of supporting the underfunded public sector. The decision came as a shock for many across the country, and immediately raised concerns on what these decisions hold for...
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Beirut Today

Lebanon Response Plan for 2026 Identifies Almost Three Million People in Need

Last month, the United Nations and the Government of Lebanon, along with appealing partners, published the Lebanon Response for 2026. ...
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Ahmed Eltokhy

في مسرحية ” بالنسبة لبكره شو ” لزياد رحباني | ! ” بكرا ” والذين يملكونه

“بيت بدنا نقعد فيه مش نهرب منه” لم تَكن “ثريا” في مسرحية “بالنسبة لبكرا شو” لتُلخص حكاية المسرحية كاملة كما...
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Beirut Today

Davos Delivers a List of Belated Yet Sobering Speeches

World leaders have gathered at the annual summit in the Swiss city of Davos, at the background of unprecedent tension withinthe North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a growing European realization of the breaking of the multilateral rich world orderand the expansion of wild unilateralism, particularly from the United States. The summit came as the US, under Trump’s...
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Beirut Today

Western Asia on High Alert as Geopolitical Tensions Intensify and US-Israeli Escalation | Beirut Today

“When will World War III begin” is a phrase increasingly heard for people living in the Arab region and Western...
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Karim Safieddine and Dany Modallal

Resolving the Hezbollah Question: Rejecting both Israeli War and Domestic Appeasement

Lebanon is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Hezbollah hasn’t declared its readiness to disarm. Israel hasn’t declared...
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Emilie Mille Lund Harbøll

Waterscarcity in Beirut | Beirut Today

2025 marked another year of escalation of the water crisis in Beirut, caused by political mismanagement and the climate crisis, leading to rising living expenses for the city’s residents. Beirut Today spoke with one of the meteorologists at the Lebanese Meteorological Department about the lack of rain, and with a...
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Marie Saadeh

Interview with Jack Janssen on his film “We Loved Each Other So Much” | Beirut Today

By Marie Saadeh To understand the spirit of the Lebanese people, you need to look no further than Fairuz. In...
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Emilie Mille Lund Harbøll

Lebanon’s Telecom Reality | Beirut Today

Lebanon’s telecom sector isn’t just expensive, it’s a state-run monopoly. Competition has disappeared and data quality keeps getting worse. Abed...
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Karem Monzer

Gas, Geopolitics, and Lebanon’s Energy Choices

This discussion with Laury Haytayan, an energy policy expert with a special interest in the geopolitics of energy in the MENA region, explores the evolving gas relationship between Israel and Egypt, its regional impact, and Lebanon’s choices during negotiations, and what this means for regional energy security. It examines infrastructure...
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