On Monday evening, Israeli warplanes targeted multiple warehouses in the southern Lebanese vicinity of Ghazieh, causing injuries to at least...
As negotiations in Cairo enter their second day, mediators have thus far failed to make progress as Israeli Prime Minister...
A woman and her two children were killed in the early afternoon of Wednesday, February 14, by an Israeli airstrike that targetted their vehicle in the southern Lebanese village of al Sawwaneh. Another person was killed and 11 others were injured in the air raid on Aadchit. Other areas that...
Birsen Özden found herself embraced by an early Monday morning in February 2023 when the ground beneath her suddenly stirred....
Red roses, balloons, and life-sized teddy bears have taken over the streets of Beirut in preparation for lovers’ most anticipated...
Since Sunday, Israeli forces have intensified their bombing on the Gaza Strip, now focusing on the Rafah area where about 1.4 to 1.7 million Palestinians sought refuge. The bombing campaigns are expected to precede a ground attack on the crossing, as various statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have...
On Tuesday, Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam was elected as the new president of International Court of Justice (ICJ), making him...
On Sunday, February 5, the mother of Al-Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh, Nadhira, died of illness at a hospital in Gaza...
Every year, winter brings with it a catastrophe for Beirut: Streets flood, roads cave in, sinkholes form, and whole buildings become immersed in water. Who is responsible for the flooding, and was it avoidable? What can be done now to mitigate the damage in the years to come? Video by...
The Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) has released a report titled “What Happens After the Deportation of Refugees from...
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) in Lebanon released a new report titled “Historicizing Migrant Domestic Workers’ Community Organizing and Class Struggle...
The 2024 Budget: Increased Costs on the Poor, Exemptions for the Rich, and Disregard of the Conflict
The Lebanese Parliament approved the 2024 state budget after three days of consecutive discussions, thereby respecting the mandated timeline. While considered a milestone by the government, the budget imposed more indirect taxes affecting low-to-middle income earners and provided more exemptions for political affiliated corporations. The budget also notably disregarded the...