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...
At least nine countires have suspended funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) following...
Today, January 26, the International Court of Justice ruled in favor of implementing emergency provisional measures requested by South Africa...
The Environemnt Quality Authority in Palestine has released a statement saying two-thirds of Palestinians living in Gaza are now suffering water-borne diseases as a result of the lack of potable water and desalination plants due to the ongoing siege and bombardment of the strip by Israeli forces. Between November 29...
On Monday January 22, 21 Israeli soldiers were killed as a result of a rocket-propelled grenade attack by a Palestinian...
On the morning of Monday January 22, a cyberattack targeted the website of Lebanon’s caretaker Ministry of Social Affairs. A...
Amidst a rising death toll from the current conflict and deteriorating socioeconomic conditions, a number of Beirut Members of Parliament, led by Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani, announced the creation of a new mobile application to report “violations” by Syrian refugees in Beirut – particularly those without legal documents. The...